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29 <br /> - 3 - <br /> To explain further. the Piney Mountain LPP System is failing. On December 1, 1993, the <br /> emergency operator of the LPP System, Harrco Utility Corporation, submitted a request to make <br /> repairs totalling$207,614.57(Attachment 4). Ha=has never tested the Piney Mountain soils, <br /> and at the time it recommended these repairs, Harrco did not have the results of the Kays <br /> Report. Thus, Harrco has made no determination as to whether the LPP System will operate <br /> adequately even after these repairs are made. In fact, the Kays report indicates the LPP System <br /> will not operate properly for long. Attachment 5 is a copy of the objection to Harrco's proposed <br /> assessment for capital improvements to the current LPP System, which Piney Mountain <br /> Homeowners Association filed with the Utilities Commission. <br /> Obviously, the members of Piney Mountain are trying to avoid paying for extremely expensive <br /> repairs to a system which will shortly have to be abandoned. In order to avoid making the futile <br /> repairs, we must be able to act quickly on the installation of the pressurized sewer line to <br /> Durham's municipal line. <br /> We have already made a presentation (on December 10, 1993) to the OWASA Board. <br /> Attachment b is a copy of the statement we offered. OWASA Staff was instructed at that <br /> meeting to investigate further into the matter, and to determine the best method of <br /> communication with the governmental bodies which appoint members to OWASA (Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro, and Orange County). The next meetings of the OWASA Board are January 13 and <br /> 27, 1994. <br /> The Orange County Commissioners meet on January 3 and 1$, the Canfboro Aldermen meet on <br /> January 11, and the Chapel Hill Town Council meets on January 10 and 25. If Piney Mountain <br /> could secure the approvallconcurrrence of these governmental bodies on one of these dates, then <br /> OWASA could perhaps take definitive action on January 13 or 27. <br /> On behalf of all of the members of the Piney Mountain Homeowners Association, I thank you <br /> for your patient understanding of our request. If not for the urgence of the situation, we would <br /> not ask you for accelerated assistance. I will be telephoning you in the next few days to speak <br /> further with you about our request. Bes has already provided you with a contact sheet with the <br /> names and addresses of various members of our Association. Please feel free to contact any of <br /> those listed. <br /> Thank you for your assistance in placing the matter of the nonbinding resolution concerning <br /> Piney Mountain's request to OWASA and Orange County on the agenda for the January 11 <br /> meeting of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, and for beginning staff investigation as soon as you <br /> can. <br /> morgan <br />