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3oca l M' iu-r-t5 . 3_ Chair Willhoit suggested ' as a- way to recover some of the cost in running the line through Orange Heights would be to request the Town give the equivalent amount of money that the County would lose for not charging a tan fee to the project and turn over future tap fees to the system in that area until that amount of money is recouped.' Kenneth Thompson indicated that a possible tradeoff would be for the County to waive the tap fee in Orange Heights in return for the Taan waiving the blanket tap fee which is in the rate structure at five cents..of the $1.16 per thousand gallons to be raid back in thirteen years; Don Cox, Chair of the Soil and Water Conservation District Board, ' endorsed the proposed engineering plan. It-would enable the County to serve those areas as designated and enable an economical way to provide sewer for everything north to Lebanon Church Road; He Pointed out two long term impacts for the opportunities presented by options A, B, and C: (1) Residential development north. of McGowan Creek and (2) The temporary problems of siltation draining into Corporation Lake and Lake Ben Johnson.' With regard to the Neuse Basin and the nutrient sensitive aspects he suggested the possibility of small units of government or some utility supplier opting for land dispersion or secondary treatment affluent instead of stream dispersion whereby this. - luent would be used as a resource; Chair Willhoit noted that while he does not object to land dispersion, the limited amount of time due to the consent order prevented the pursuance of this application. Carl ,Walters, representing the Orange County Planning Board, commented that the base plan is similar to that presented by McAdams; Alternate "A", "B", or "C" extends into the water quality critical area and there is a policy not to extend the sewer into the water quality critical area.' Walters asked that if Alternate "A", "B" or "C" is adopted that the Planning Board be requested to review the plan; ChairlWilihoit questioned the line going into the water quality critical area and after reviewing the map it was determined that no connections would be made in the water quality critical area; Commissioner Marshall indicated that Alternates "A", "B" and "C" do have planning implications and asked that if these alternates are considered that they be referred to the Planning Board for a recommendation on the planning implications; The gravity sewer opens up the area to the north which is in the 20-year transition area; ChairrrWillhoit suggested going with the base and expanding the base by $50,000 to include as many of the committed customers as possible. Commissioner Marshall suggested meeting with Hillsborough to reach an agreement on Orange Heights; It was agreed to add $25,000 to the $50,000 committed for the school; Hazen', and Sawyer will take the base bid, review the customers that have made a commitment, and include as many of those as possible in the Project that $75,000 will allow; Commissioner Walker expressed concern for those who have made commitments and will not be included in the first phase of the project and again questioned the commitment made by the County; Commissioner Marshall noted that if the County must serve all those who signed the contract agreement a referendum would be needed to do the project if done in one phase. It was a consensus that Hazen and Sawyer would present the report to 'aiiA indicating (Orange County's commitment to go with the base bid and as many of the committed customers that 1.154 million will finance. The go-ahead for the engineering design will be postponed pending a final contract with the Tian of Hillsborough; Although alternates are not y:A consic'era' at the prr,...,nt fit. '.)� __ I 1