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and approved for water service improvements by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on October 4, 2011. SEWER SERVICE The first charge of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to investigate the possibility of providing sewer service to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined by the previously approved public water connections in the area. Assessment of Septic System Service in the Rogers Road Neighborhood: The County completed a survey of the Rogers Road Neighborhood in February, 2010. The Orange County Health Department, along with RENA, the UNC School of Public Health, and Engineers Without Borders, participated in a survey of wells and septic systems. There were forty-five (45) septic systems included in the survey, and twelve (12) were failing at that time. Of the twelve malfunctioning septic systems, seven (7) were further classified as maintenance- related failures, while five (5) were found to be end-of-life failures. Further investigation revealed that for the five end-of-life failures, there was no suitable soil for an on-site repair. The Environmental Health Department revisited the five properties and discovered that two of the properties are vacant, two are seasonal failures, and one has had patchwork done on it, but not a long-term solution. All of the five septic systems identified would benefit from the installation of a public sewer system. In 2011, Orange County received $75,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the infrastructure hookups in the Rogers Road Neighborhood. In order to receive connection, the homes had to be close enough to an existing water and/or sewer line so that no extension of service lines would be required for connection. Additionally, homeowners had to meet certain income eligibility requirements. There have been five homes connected to Orange Water and Sewer Authority) OWASA sewer as a result of this grant. OWASA Sewer Concept Plan: OWASA is the water & sewer utility for the area and as such, it investigated the concept of providing sewer service as part of the Town of Chapel Hill's Rogers Road Small Area Plan. On February 8, 2011 OWASA provided an updated concept plan and cost estimate for the Rogers Road Small Area Plan Study Area for $3.4 million. This early concept plan was completed based on the Chapel Hill Small Area Plan which is a geographically different area than the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood sewer concept. There is also some difference in routing some of the main outfalls. In the current estimate, OWASA needed to avoid the area of contamination coming out from the Carrboro section that required more line with deeper excavation. Most importantly, in the earlier estimates the availabilities fees were not included or the cost of extending a lateral from the main line to the property On May 16, 2012 OWASA staff provided a concept plan, layout, and cost estimate for providing sewer service to the area that was delineated by the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force at the April 30, 2012 meeting. The concept plan is the most efficient way to serve the defined Rogers Road Neighborhood and does not consider adjoining neighborhoods. All the green areas show where sewer service is already available. The dark green areas are parcels that have connected to the OWASA service. The light green areas have not connected. The 86 parcels in yellow are the properties that would be served by the conceptual sewer layout. The concept map also breaks down the sewer service into 8 sub-