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Susan Levy: Yes. There's a question of whether there's cooperation or not to work that out. We haven't abandoned the idea that if we purchase the property we would pursue a resolution to the land dispute. Commissioner Jacobs: How much additional acreage is that? Susan Levy: I'm not sure. Commissioner Jacobs: One reason I was asking was I was listening to Commissioner Yuhasz' discussion of the southeastern corner, and it seemed if you had more room to the north, you could take that lot at the southeastern corner and put it up at the northern end and have a greater area around that natural feature. I don't know if you do that within this approval process, especially if you can't purchase the property, you can't. It would be interesting to see if you can by the time this comes back in September. And then I just wanted to note A Brush with Kindness, which sounds like a very nice thing to do, I hope you're coordinating with Urgent Home Repair. Susan Levy: We have an advisory group. We're referring to them and they're referring to us. Commissioner Jacobs: Great. Thank you. Commissioner McKee: The question I have is on the larger water main being put in, and the question I forgot relates back to Mrs. Whitted's question about the other residents of Tinnin Road being subjected to fees to tap on or having access to this larger line, which definitely would give better fire protection. Craig Benedict: If they are connected to the 3" water main now, there will be no additional connection fees to the Orange-Alamance Water Supply. Do they have to connect up directly to the 8" or 10" water line or by virtue of tying in at the end of that 8" inch line, would you just correct the pressure the whole way? We're working on those final engineering decisions, but they would not have to necessarily reconnect to the 8" line directly if that parallel 3" still has integrity. Frank Clifton: I think it would be appropriate, you know, a lot of these issues have to be worked out with the water company and be subject to the engineering and design and other issues associated with that, so it's kind of hard for us to specifically state a solution until we've got the water company involved and have some agreement situation associated with it. Commissioner McKee: My concern is that by approving this project, which would increase the size of the water line, if we do not subject historic homeowners to additional fees. Frank Clifton: That's understood. Again, we can't answer the question. Commissioner Foushee: My follow-up question would be is there a possibility that this information could be learned and disseminated by the closing of the public hearing. Craig Benedict: Yes, we're working on the final engineering information to find out the pressures that will be created by an 8, 10, or 12-inch line.