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Orange County Board of Commissioners Page 2 September 2 , 1994 meeting when the request was made by the Piney Mountain homeowners for the County to continue the request for grant funding and was not discovered until yesterday (September 1, 1994) . I have reviewed all of this with John Link and it is our view that there is no harm in permitting the EMC to consider the County's application for grant funding. It may be "killed" again or it may be funded on one of the limited bases suggested by the Preston Howard memorandum. However, since the chance of substantial grant funding does not exist, John and I agree that there is a greater need for the County to receive financial security from the Piney Mountain homeowners for the repair of the system. This is so because the County is agreeing to "own" the system principally to allow the construction to begin promptly rather than, as before, to aid in the receipt of substantial grant funding. The risk to the County until the system is completed and transferred to OWASA, is not insignificant and in part is related to the existence of the STEP systems, which although owned by someone other than the County, may be the collection and pump system owner's responsibility in the eyes of DEM. (DEM will regulate the new system because it will be a discharging system. ) To provide the financial security necessary for the repair or replacement of the STEP systems, John and I recommend that a separate account be created and funded by the Piney Mountain Homeowners Association to be held and operated for the STEP system repair or replacement in the same manner as that established for the rest of the Subdivision wastewater system (See paragraph 2 of Document #4 ) . It is further recommended that an initial deposit amount of $75, 000 be required. Very truly yours, COLEMAN / GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE, P.C. 4110, Gee ' reyi. Gledhill GEG/lsg Enclosures xc : John M. Link, Jr. Paul Thames lsg\home3\board2 . 1tr