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service to the Efland-Cheeks Elementary School. He said that this was the genesis of the County getting into the sewer business when the school's underground system failed. Paul Thames said that it costs between $1,000-1,500/month. This is based on 5,000 gallonsJday. Commissioner Halkiotis asked why the deficit has continued to grow and Paul Thames said that they charge $4.20 for every thousand gallons over 3,000 gallons minimum. The County pays Hillsborough $9 per thousand gallons to treat the sewer. Commissioner Halkiotis said that recently they had a breakfast meeting with the Mayor of Hillsborough, the Mayor Pro Tem, and the Hillsborough Town Manager, and he was shocked to hear that the Manager was saying that they were seriously considering letting Durham take care of all of their sewage treatment. He wants the County to recover what it is paying for sewage treatment. He made reference to the Ashwick subdivision and said that they are getting a good deal an sewer. Chair Jacobs said that part of the reason they have pushed planning to get the Efland/Mebane recommendations by the time the water and sewer goes in is because Efland is going to experience explosive growth once the infrastructure is there. He said that to have people living in $300,000 houses and not paying a full rate is nat satisfactory. He said that if the County does subsidize, it should be targeting as opposed to having a blanket subsidy. John Link said that staff is behind doing this in a utilitarian way. He said that Paul Thames needs to share with the Board what is a reasonable rate to charge far sewer. Chair Jacobs said that, once they have a projected date for completion, then they need to work back on when to take some actions on the rate. 6. Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan Task Force Update Craig Benedict said that the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan Task Force was authorized in December 2004 and they have had over ten meetings. The study area goes from the Eno River over into Mebane's jurisdiction. The task force had representatives from Mebane -Mayor Pra Tem, Chair of the Mebane Planning Board, and community residents. They have addressed all areas such as transportation, land use, utilities, etc. The majority of the issues have to do with utilities. He said that the OrangelAlamance Water System has been upgraded and now that their allocation system is clearer, they need to look at their infrastructure. He said that if the intent of the task force plan is to study the potential for directing growth to these urbanizing areas, they have to be able to answer questions about the water systems. He made reference to a map that is part of the agreement area. He said that there will be same recommendations coming forward to the task farce, and there will be placeholders in the land use plan to convert some areas to mixed-use development. He made reference to tract 6B, which is the border of Orange Caunty and Alamance County. There are many developments occurring on this border, including two 300-unit developments. One of the bad access issues is that Efland-Cedar Grove Road has a high amount of traffic coming from counties to the north and taking two 90-degree turns to get on I-85. There is a suggestion for a better alignment for this road because the road is getting torn apart. There is a suggestian to put aright-turn lane on the I-85/US 70 connector road, which would take some of the pressure off the Mt. Willing Road intersection.