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14 in the Caroline Mobile Home Park, where the designation of Transition has been requested after the extension of service. In 1991, the applicants entered into an agreement to extend service to the mobile home park with the City of Durham. Water service was extended in 1991, but because of construction difficulties, sewer service was not extended until January 1993. In fall 1992, the applicants met with staff to discuss potential for rezoning and the impending extension of sewer service to alleviate septic tank problems in the mobile home park. The applicants were provided necessary applications to request re- designation to Twenty-Year Transition in the Land Use Element. There are two unusual circumstances worthy of note in regard to the extension of water and sewer service to this park. First, water service was extended from the City of Durham to this site without notification to Orange County. The site is within the Durham Urban Growth Area, which is projected to be annexed by the City in the future. The County Water and Sewer Policy requires that areas receiving water/sewer service be designated "Transition" unless an essential public facility or a public health emergency. Because Orange County was unaware of the extension of service, and because there is no enforcement mechanism for the Water and Sewer Policy, the extension of service in this case occurred in a manner inconsistent with the Policy. The memorandum by the County Engineer (attached) addresses these and other concerns. Secondly, there is the question of whether a public health emergency existed at the site. While the septic tank problems existing in the park may not have constituted an immediate public health emergency, the problems appear to have been of a nature that required short-term action. Correspondence from the Orange County Health Department, Environmental Health Division (attached) indicated that long-term problems would occur with the existing septic system, which had prohibited any more mobile homes from being placed in the park, and that public sewer service would help resolve the situation. 2. Eno Drive Corridor The Durham Northwest Loop (Eno Drive) is a proposed major thoroughfare that would loop across northern Durham, connecting with I-85 at two points, near the Orange-Durham line on the west and at US 70 on the east. Preliminary corridors have been defined and a Citizens Advisory Committee has been formed to advise NCDOT in the road planning process. NCDOT is currently approximately halfway in the planning process of for this thoroughfare project. The project has been separated into two segments, from 1-85 near Falls Lake to US 501 (Roxboro Road) and from US 501 (Roxboro Road) to I-85 near the Orange County line. The segment of the project 6