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DRAFT 236 want a hydrant every 4,000 feet. There is a gap right there and I would, also be curious to know if the distance was from US 70 237 to the first hydrant to the this subdivision because if that is more than 2,000 feet, there should be a hydrant in the middle of 238 Tinnin Road. I would also say, this addresses the comment of the inconvenience of the citizens, if there is any part of that Tinnin 239 Road that is more than 2,000 feet from the hydrant, it seems to me if they are going to dig all that up, burden the citizens and put 240 in an eight inch waterline, that this would-be a good time to try to get hydrants every 2,000 feet throughout Efland. We are both 241 missing opportunity in terms of protections and I think we could be burdening existing citizens on Tinnin Road when we have an 242 opportunity to make it better. 243 244 The things to look at are Ashwick versus Tinnin number of lots, figure out why the school system changed their pattern and went 245 to somewhere that does not have a turn lane. Did those two things work together to get a tum lane and a hydrant at US 7.0 and 246 Tinnin is needed and if it is more than 2,000 feet from that hydrant to the first hydrant in the subdivision, we should put one at the 247 mid point on Tinnin Road. 248 249 Mark Marcoplos: Whose responsibility is it to install the fire hydrant? 250 251 Pete Hallenbeck: When the water system first went in they put in hydrants, the fire department has paid to install two hydrants in 252 areas that were in outlying areas and then beyond that it has been up to the developers. There has been talk to the -fire 253- .department about it. It is basically an economic was a mole problem. Everybody wants it done but nobody wants to pay to do it. 254 1 think if"we afl get together we can find the money for it. A hydrant costs around $3,800 to put in. If you are digging up and 255 adding it to an existing line, it is only about $2,500.00 if it is done during new construction. 256 257 Chad Abbott: If I-could address some questions on the water lines, i will try to do that. The dual line issue, I am not sure where 258_. that information came from, what we have worked out with OAWS and what we have submitted irr our responses, there is a three 259 inch line going up the road now. It will remain in place-until the subdivision is constructed. At such a time,. approved for coming 260 on line by-the-state, it will be flushed, tested, disinfected and during the construction of it, OAWS has asked that we provide 261 connections at the existing home locations that are existing customers now so as it is constructed, we will provide the tap and 262 then the line to their meter. For lines across the street, OAWS has agreed to provide the labor for open cut or boring to get lines 263 to the other side of the street because right now, we are proposed to go up the right side of the street. As those fines are put in, 264 there will be a new line from the eight-inch line to their meter. It won't be live; they will leave the three-inch line connections. 265 Once the new eight inch lines are flushed, disinfected, it comes on line for service; they will then be connected to their house. 266 Once all those come off line and as it wraps around School House, we are going to tie back in to the three inch at the end of our 267 project so the eight-inch will tie into a three inch at OAWS's request at the end of the project. There will be duat lines for a 268 certain period of time but they won't say. 269 270 If you want a new connection and you have an existing service with OAWS, your connection will be provided as that new line is 271 constructed. The fire hydrants, in the original plans denoted the location of all existing and proposed fire hydrants. The first one 272 on Tinnin Road is about 500 feet from the intersection of Interstate 70 and they have been installed at approximately 1,000 foot 273 intervals so They can be used as blow offs if necessary. 1 don't know if they -are shown that way here but they are within about 274 1,000 feet apart and then throughout the property. 275 276 Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, according to Mr. Bowles, Ashwick has a total of 56 single-family lots. 277 278 Elvira Mebane: I want him to tell me about the dual lines until it is completed and Tinnin is going to have the eight-inch? 279 280 Chad Abbott: School House will too until the end of our project. 281 282 Elvira Mebane: They you will tie into a three? 283 284 Chad Abbott: There is already a three-inch line there we will tie back into. 285 286 Elvira Mebane: Will the existing, where you will tie back in, will that be replaced with a new or are you just going to tap and-tie 287 into ... 288 289 Chad Abbott: The old three-inch. OAWS says there are no concerns about the existing materials or over our tying the eight inch 290 line into the existing three inch line. 291 292 Elvira Mebane: Is there a cost to the residences? 293 41 5