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I <br />4 <br />Also, at the June 4, 1990 BOCC Meeting, the Board <br />awarded Habitat a $25,000 challenge grant to assist with the <br />paving of Gemena Road to meet state DOT: standards. The Board <br />also offered staff resources to assist in locating other <br />funding for road construction. <br />In this regard, on October 19, 1990, Orange County <br />submitted a Housing Development Grant Application to the N.C. <br />Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) <br />requesting $175,000 in Community Development Block Grant <br />(CDBG) funds to be used for road construction /paving in the <br />Chestnut Oaks subdivision. In December 1990, the County was <br />notified of a preliminary award of this Housing Development <br />Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $175,000 <br />for the Chestnut Oaks Project. With the County challenge <br />grant of $25,000 to assist in this effort, a total of <br />$200,000 is available for road construction. The N.C. <br />Department of Transportation has agreed to perform actual <br />road construction. Simultaneously, Habitat has committed to <br />building eleven homes in the subdivision during the 24 month <br />grant period. <br />To keep the Board informed of the progress being made <br />with this project, County staff is providing the following <br />information. <br />THE PLANNING SUBDIVISION APPROVAL PROCESS <br />On April 15, 1991, Habitat for Humanity submitted the <br />final plat application for Phase 2 of Chestnut Oaks. Two <br />pieces of information which are a part of the application <br />package were missing. All health department approvals for the <br />wells and septic systems to serve this phase were not <br />included with the application. Also, the impervious surfaces <br />were not delineated on the plat. However, County staff is <br />working with Habitat to gather the missing data. <br />Habitat proposed to provide water to the Chestnut Oaks <br />homes by a shared well system. Under this proposal, the wells <br />would be sited so that approximately four to five homes can <br />share a well and so that right -of -way crossings by water <br />service lines may be minimized. Each well house and pump <br />would be located on property deeded to the homebuyer, who <br />would grant a perpetual easement to the landowners which will <br />share the well. After review of this proposal by the County <br />Attorney, it was determined that the well site should not be <br />located on one homeowner's property, but rather should be <br />located on a site owned in common by all property owners <br />sharing the well. Habitat is drafting a deed to convey such <br />ownership which will then be reviewed by the County Attorney. <br />The septic systems are being sited presently and the proposed <br />sites are being tested by the Health Department to confirm <br />soil suitability. The impervious surface delineations have <br />*1* <br />