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15th and will circulate the notice an item 'C', Amendment to the Orange County Educational Facilities <br />Impact Fee Ordinance. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />d. Amendments to Orange County Private Road Standards <br />The Board was to decide an proposed amendments to the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations regarding private roads, but it was postponed to a future meeting. <br />e. Bricewood Acres Subdivision -Preliminary Plan <br />The Bricewood Acres Subdivision is located off the south side of Governor Scott Road east of <br />Mill Creek Raad in Cedar Grove Township. The subdivision follows the conventional plan. A <br />conservation easement is proposed on the area designated as Stream Buffer. Fifteen (15) single-family <br />lots are proposed on 27.04 acres. The average lot size will be 1.63 acres. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />approve the preliminary plan far Bricewood Acres Subdivision in accordance with the Resolution of <br />Approval that is incorporated herein by reference. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />f. Richmond Hills -Sewer System Design and Preliminary Subdivision Approval <br />The Board considered the type of sewer system that was most appropriate for the proposed <br />Richmond Hills subdivision and considered the Richmond Hills Conservation-Cluster Flexible <br />Development Preliminary Plan. <br />Planner Robert Davis said that two decisions needed to be made -the sewer system design <br />for the Efland-Cheeks sewer area and the approval of the preliminary subdivision. <br />In regards to the sewer system, there are two designs being presented. The first is a <br />recommendation from the developer for a single pump station to allow all of the lots to drain to gravity to <br />one central location. The other option is a step system, which the administration is recommending. This <br />has individual on-site septic systems. The administration feels that there would be less of a public <br />impact with the step system in the long run. <br />In regards to the subdivision, Richmond Hills is located on Richmond Raad in the Efland- <br />Cheeks area. It is a 43-lot single-family subdivision that is following the conservation cluster option, <br />which would allow lots to be down to 14,000 square feet. Water will be provided through the Orange- <br />Alamance system. The sewer would be through Orange County, pumping back to Hillsborough. A letter <br />from Hillsborough would be needed, indicating that Hillsborough has the capacity to serve the <br />subdivision. The administration recommends that the Board approve Richmond Hills Subdivision <br />Preliminary Plan with the Board of County Commissioners' selected sewer system operation and the <br />conditions contained in the attached administration resolution of approval. <br />William Crowther, representing the Eno River Association, said that any sewer system should <br />be carefully planned to protect McGowan Creek and the tributaries to the Eno River. He spoke in <br />support of Habitat for Humanity. <br />Susan Levy spoke in support of this project. She said that when Habitat started this project <br />they had planned for a pump station to serve this project. She said that if a step system was required, it <br />would drastically increase the cost of this housing. She made reference to the letter that she sent to the <br />Commissioners opposing the step system. She said that these homeowners could not afford the repairs <br />to such a system. <br />Scott Radway, engineer for the project, made reference to page 11, item F6 and the 100-foot <br />wide easement with a 50-foot wide trail and said that he thought they had talked about a 5-10-foot wide <br />trail. He said that this was probably a typographical error. He made reference to the sewer system and <br />said that Habitat for Humanity preferred to have a gravity sewer system. He said that he had proposed <br />an entirely gravity served system to a pump station that would be the same as the pump station unit that <br />is in the Efland system. The pump station would be pumping for a distance of 400 feet maximum to the <br />gravity line where there is a connection to the school property. He does not think the step sewer system <br />is the right choice. He asked that the Board give Habitat for Humanity some flexibility to work with the <br />state Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources. He said that the step system would <br />16 <br />