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000075 Remus Smith asked if the County would consider not charging County tap fees in the area from Lake Shore Drive west to West Hill Avenue to Highway 70 and south to the Eno River and give the Town the privilege of bringing the line down to Lake Shore Drive. Commissioner Marshall noted that the County tap fee is the fee that will be used to repay the money the County put up front to build the line. The only reason Orange Heights was left off the original plan was so that the Town could pick it up. There would be 34 houses without additional pump stations. The mobile home park is not a consideration. She noted the County tap fee could not be waived. The Town would be allowed to build parallel lines. The County must charge tap fees for County-built lines. Lynwood Brown noted that if the Town installed the line in Orange Heights it would cost approximately $65,000. He would like for the Town to take the responsibility for building the line from the Eno River to West Hill Avenue. Kenneth R. Thompson indicated that Don Willhoit's thinking was that it may be possible that the County could allow this area to be served since it would not add to the project cost, and as long as it was done in the same way as the Efland area. This would then allow those individuals in Orange Heights to be covered by the same blanket tap fee as those who signed up to receive the service in the Efland area. Beyond the sign-up period the County would be faced with new costs and how to deal with the tap-on costs. It's feasible to do what Brown proposed with some limitation to a sign-up period. In answer to Frank Sheffield's question, Thompson indicated the rates for Orange Heights would be the same as those for the Efland area. This would not affect the future annexation of this area. Commissioner Marshall indicated that once this area is annexed recipients they would not be subject to the County tap fee but would need to continue paying the same rates. Kenneth Thompson stated that if the Town built the lines, at their cost, up West Hill Avenue to Highway 70 and then run a parallel line into gravity fed lines, it would not affect Efland at all. The Town would need to agree not to go into the force main, and if the Town were to go into the force main, it would agree to upgrade the line. Moses Carey asked if the work could be completed by the Town between now and December. Mayor Frank Sheffield said that the Town is on a priority schedule and it would be virtually impossible to do this project within the required time. Lynwood Brown stated that the Town may need to make a sacrifice to help the people in Orange Heights and Efland. Mayor Sheffield noted there would be no trouble in building the line to Lake Shore Drive, the problem is to make sure the Town can connect other homes onto the line. The only way would be to run parallel lines. Commissioner Marshall indicated that the service area needs to be defined in order to proceed with the project. Frank Sheffield asked that the County allow Orange Heights to tie on and that the rate charged to those in that area be the Town rate after annexation with no County tap-on fee. The monthly cost would be collected by the town and remitted to the County. Kenneth Thompson stated that up until the time Orange Heights is annexed by the Town of Hillsborough, it would be necessary for those customers to pay the debt service element.