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endow the Philosophy department. The developers had discussions with the University about addressing some of the needs of the University for more affordable housing to attract faculty and also an example of the kind of development they anticipate at Horace Williams. After several meetings, the Board of Trustees voted to sell the property to the developers with conditions. This transaction has not been completed. There has been no planning done on the property other than to identify the type of housing that could be built. Commissioner Brown said that she does not understand the affordable housing piece. Bob Chapman said that all the houses they build will be below market price. The second element is that Carrboro has a requirement that at least 25% of the houses be smaller units — 1350 square feet or less —and of that 25%, 10% are to be below 1100 square feet. The third element is that there would be 96 units based on income. Chair Jacobs suggested that the Board address questions to staff instead of the developer because it was getting late. Commissioner Brown said that we need to pursue our communication with Carrboro and let them know that we intend to work with them and remind them of how important working together is. Chair Jacobs will write a letter. Commissioner Carey said that he supports getting the answers to questions Commissioner Halkiotis stated above. He will ask questions at a future time. Chair Jacobs said that he does not think governments should communicate with one another via email. Orange County was first informed about the Winmore development by email. Chair Jacobs will write a letter to all municipalities and OWASA. He would like to see the Orange County Planning Board included in the process. He agrees with getting the answers to the questions above. Also, how the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance fits in with the timing of this development. He noted that the issue of annexation is something that has been on the County Commissioners' legislative agenda for many years. He would like the Board to communicate to Carrboro that we would hope that we could go through a public hearing process. If annexation is to be considered, it should be done after a public hearing is held. We need to take every opportunity to have the concerns heard from citizens who live in the Northern Transition area. He would like for the Orange County Board of Commissioners to ask the developers to put in abeyance their request for annexation until after the public hearing in October as part of the joint planning process. Chair Jacobs will write the letter to Carrboro and share it with the members of the County Commissioners for comments before sending it to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. There will be a report at the next meeting. NOTE: The Board of County Commissioners agreed to extend the meeting to 10:45 p.m. a. No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy The Board considered a policy for administering the No Fault Well Repair Fund. Alice White, member of the Orange County Board of Health, submitted the revised policy for the No Fault Well Repair Fund for the County Commissioners' consideration. Staff from the Health Department met with the community last April 7`h. Two concerns emerged — if pumps will be included in the policy and that a provision be made to reimburse retroactively those residents who had repairs made between October 10, 2001 and approval of the policy. The Environmental Subcommittee of the Board of Health addressed these concerns in the revised version. Specifically, pump repair is addressed on page eight with a prorated schedule of reimbursement based on the assumption that pumps have an average life span of 15 years. Secondly, on page 10, there is a section that specifies that residents who incurred costs between October 10, 2001 and the date of the approval of the policy may seek reimbursement with supporting documentation of the work that was done. The Board of Health recommends that the County Commissioners approve this revised policy. Health Director Rosemary Summers said that yesterday evening Ron Holdway met with some members of the community to go over the recommended changes and there were some more changes that they wanted to have considered. One is related to the policy itself. The members of the community wanted to take away any date restriction on the access to the well repair fund. Public Comment Barbara Trent presented a petition signed by 40 neighbors after yesterday's meeting with the County's Environmental Health Department. She requested to read a prepared statement.