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APPROVED 1 11 612 0 0 2 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION OCTOBER 1, 2001 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Monday, October 1, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. in the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Barry Jacobs COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. OPENING COMMENTS This meeting was to be held on September 11 but because of the terrorist attack it was postponed to tonight. John Link noted that those items, which are not addressed tonight, can be addressed tomorrow evening. Rod Visser said that many of the solid waste staff worked on these agenda items. Namely, Mike Meagher, Paul Spire, Shawn Edmonson, David Ghirardelli, Muriel Willimon, Joe Clayton, Blair Pollock, Rebecca Holway, Robert Taylor and Teri Campbell. 1. Rogers Road Neighborhood Public Water Supply Project This was the major topic for the Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB} to address. At the County Commissioners request the SWAB considered many options before coming up with the recommendations. OWASA is projecting that the project will be completed within the next 6-8 weeks. The Solid Waste Advisory Board's recommendation is that public funds, primarily from the Solid Waste Management Department reserves, be used to pay for all costs except the interior plumbing and payment of monthly water bills. Also, that the County should consider some type of low-interest loan to help citizens pay far interior plumbing. This would be for citizens who meet a means test. The current date of completion for the Rogers Road waterline is mid November. They broke ground in early September. In answer to a question from Commissioner Brown about the number of homes, which will be connected to the watermain, Paul Thames said 130 dwellings were habitable. It is possible that all 130 dwellings will tap on but it may be less than that. It will depend on who actually decides to sign up. In answer to a question from Commissioner Jacobs about a time limit, Rad Visser said that citizens have until December 31, 2002 to hook onto the lateral line. Geoffrey Gledhill said that while it is possible to put a time limit on the project it might not be worth trying to do. If a decision is made to fund from landfill money then that fund needs to be available and a time limit cannot be set until the risk of leachate is gone. Geoffrey Gledhill said that the County could create a community development project and fund the project from the general fund and set a time limit.