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Approved 5/2/12 21 Larry Wright: I guess where I was headed with that question it down the line would 6.20.1A.1b have to be revised once we start working with water and sewer for these other Economic Development Districts? Kevin Lindley: It could possibly have to be revised but at this point, I haven't investigated the Durham side of it. Pete Hallenbeck: The 500 feet, what is the required run to drop ratio as in a house for domestic plumbing, if you are connecting the house to septic tank, it is on quarter inch per foot? Is there a difference of how much you have drop per distance for sewer? Kevin Lindley: I think the rule is one eighth inch per foot. Pete Hallenbeck: If you are 500 feet away you are still coming up with 62 feet of drop. Kevin Lindley: One foot per hundred. It would be five feet at the minimum slope. You always like it to be more than that but at the minimum that's what you would be looking at. Pete Hallenbeck: One thing I don't like about this is that if you got a building permit and put in a conventional septic and if that happened recently, you had to have a repair area. In my opinion, if you have a viable repair area above or below, you should be allowed to use it. If that structure is on there when it was permitted, you had to put that area aside. In the process of building anything if you have to have both a main area and a repair area, it impacts what you can build, if you set aside areas you have to clear and so forth. For the County to turn around and say you have to have this repair area and then say, we have put all this money in the sewer system, so you cannot use this repair area we forced you to have and not build on doesn't make sense. For that reason, I would not think it is a good idea. If you have a valid repair area, you should have the option of using it. Kevin Lindley: To that point, one of the things we wanted to be sure of is that we had adequate public input on this. We had no one speak at the public hearing. We feel like we need to reach out to the people in the areas that are affected and discuss the amendment tonight and continue until the next meeting to give time for people to send the written comments in as well. Alan Campbell: Pete, how likely do you think it is that if you were given the option of rebuilding your system or repair area or connecting to the sewer that it would more expensive to connect to the sewer. It seems in most cases, it would be cheaper compared to if you had to rebuild the septic system. Pete Hallenbeck: The documents that were sent from staff stated price now and price to connect later. I think the price to connect later was fairly high. Kevin Lindley: It is a variable cost depending on other things. One of those things is that if we continue to send out waste water to Hillsborough, they have a significant waste water capital fee for new customers that would be charged in addition to Orange County fees. If we have sent out waste water to Mebane, it would be significantly less. In general it is roughly equivalent depending on what you have to do to get to your area. Pete Hallenbeck: Most of the connect fee was in the $2,500.00 range. Mark Marcoplos: He's exactly right, you are not only paying for the connection but for a subscription in the future. You should have the option to make the decision for yourself. I would also vote against it. If you are new to the neighborhood and you have these circumstances and you haven't entered into any agreement and you have to connect to the system, you take that into consideration and you understand why it is there. Pete Hallenbeck: I have no problem with new builds must connect. Tony Blake: What if you buy an existing house? One thought is water and sewer is a package, you don't get one without the other right? Kevin Lindley: Generally, that is true. We do have customers that have wells and there are several water only customers Tony Blake: This is aimed primarily at an Industrial zone so the premise is these properties will be converting over to businesses? Kevin Lindley: Not necessarily. Tony Blake: I noticed the conversation was mostly about residential. 4