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APPROVED MAY 1, 2001 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION <br />October 2, 2000 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session at 7:30 p.m. on <br />October 2, 2000 in the Boardroom at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North <br />Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br />Margaret W. Brawn, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager <br />Rod Visser, Assistants to the Clerk Evelyn Cecil and Nancy Piciga (All other staff members will be <br />identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING <br />WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />1. ORANGE ALAMANCE UTILITY SYSTEM REPORT <br />Paul Thames gave a summary of the Orange-Alamance Utility System Report. He showed <br />a map of the Efland Cheeks Community. He pointed out the location of the overall water system <br />and told what the different shaded areas represented. He said that Orange-Alamance has an <br />average water production of about a million gallons per day and approximately 8d% goes into <br />Alamance County. He said that Orange-Alamance's water production was right at capacity. As a <br />result, they tend not to take on big subdivisions atone time. He made reference to McGowan <br />Creek subdivision that was denied permission to tap an to Orange-Alamance and Ashwick and the <br />Habitat for Humanity subdivision that were permitted to tap on. He said that Orange-Alamance <br />had the authority to deny subdivisions to tap onto the system, but he is not sure of the criteria <br />used. <br />In terms of capacity, the current demand for water at Orange-Alamance is right at capacity. <br />There is a well at the plant site and on 119 south of Mebane. However, these wells have not been <br />tested by constant use. The wells are used far backup purposes only. <br />Commissioner Brown asked about the well on Highway 119 and how the water was treated. <br />Paul Thames said that generally the water only needs to be chlorinated. This is regulated by the <br />state. <br />Commissioner Brawn asked about the dead end water lines. Paul Thames said that the <br />water lines were not looped back. <br />Commissioner Brown verified that Efland Cheeks Elementary School gets water from <br />Orange-Alamance. She also asked if everyone on the sewer system also got water from Orange- <br />Alamance, and Paul Thames said that some people had wells. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict showed where the land use plan was located on the map <br />and the transition areas. He said that in the new land use plan, 'rural residential' was going to be <br />more defined. He asked Paul Thames to explain the portable water system versus the fire <br />suppression system. <br />Paul Thames said that lately this has been a hot topic. Orange-Alamance has a 12-inch <br />line that runs down from the plant on US 70. This 12-inch line has fire hydrants on it that are <br />functional. Fire hydrants are typically located on a six-inch line, but the six-inch line is hardly ever <br />