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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 1, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: Manager's Report on Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation Distribution Line <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Study Area Map and Alternative Routes John M. Link, Jr. <br /> November 14 Letter from PEMC to Residents TELEPHONE NUMBERS: --ext. 2300 <br /> November 20 PEMC News Release Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> November 24 PEMC Letter Responding to Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Questions Durham 688-7331 <br /> Overview and Map of Rural Buffer Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Map of Service Area <br /> Response to Additional Questions <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a Manager's report with regard to Piedmont Electric Membership <br /> Corporation's (PEMC)planned 100 kv distribution line and substation in the vicinity of NC 86 and <br /> New Hope Church Road. <br /> BACKGROUND: On November 19, 1997, a number of concerned citizens were present at the <br /> Board of Commissioners meeting to voice opposition to an overhead electricity distribution line <br /> planned by PEMC. At that time, four potential routes were being studied. PEMC has since selected <br /> route C as the preferred option. <br /> In the letter dated November 24 (Attachment 4) PEMC has responded to the questions conveyed to <br /> the Board of Commissioners by concerned citizens at the November 19 meeting. <br /> A related item on this agenda is information concerning the history and purpose of the Joint <br /> Planning Area and Rural Buffer. The selected route is located within the Rural Buffer,near its <br /> northern boundary. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): Receive as information. <br />