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9 <br /> 1 o Mural Courtroom — $21,078 <br /> 2 ■ Replace Recessed Lighting with LED <br /> 3 o Clerk of Courts Office - $22,143 <br /> 4 ■ Install Counter in Juvenile Section <br /> 5 ■ Improve Furniture in Probate for Privacy <br /> 6 ■ Install Glass Partition at Main Counter for Security <br /> 7 • Clerk of Courts Office— Main Counter <br /> 8 • Lake Orange Dam Remediation - $95,000 (p. 42) <br /> 9 o 2018 Department of Environmental Quality Inspection <br /> 10 o Deficiencies Documented — Long Term Repair Plan Created <br /> 11 o FY2019-20 Projects <br /> 12 ■ Sandblasting and Painting Intake Tower Beams and Gate Actuators <br /> 13 ■ Replacing Concrete Expansion Joints and De-mucking Sluice Gate <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is a reason that Orange County owns this lake. <br /> 16 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, said a permit was issued in 1968 with Orange County <br /> 17 and the Department of Health. He said Orange County was responsible for water resources for <br /> 18 the Town of Hillsborough, proper. He said the County worked in collaboration with Hillsborough, <br /> 19 but since the reservoir was in unincorporated Orange County, it was the County who met with <br /> 20 property owners to gather donations and the creation of the dam. He said there have been <br /> 21 discussions in the past about handing it off to Hillsborough, and the resource of Lake Orange is <br /> 22 both for supplying water to the Eno River, to keep the flow going for environmental purposes, <br /> 23 and for Hillsborough, and for Orange Alamance water system that provides water to Corporation <br /> 24 Lake, and for Piedmont Minerals. <br /> 25 Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that Orange County used to provide water to <br /> 26 Hillsborough. <br /> 27 Craig Benedict said yes, it is called a class 2 reservoir, as there is no pipe that goes <br /> 28 directly into the lake. He said the County operates the gauge electronically, and how much <br /> 29 water is released to run to the Eno River and is picked up in Lake Ben Johnson, where <br /> 30 Hillsborough does have direct pipe access. <br /> 31 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if Hillsborough is appreciative. <br /> 32 Craig Benedict said there are other options of how this responsibility can be shared, and <br /> 33 his staff will continue to look in to these. <br /> 34 Commissioner McKee said in the late fifties Eno River was Hillsborough's water supply, <br /> 35 but it dried up. He said some of the farm ponds in Cedar Grove were pumped into the river and <br /> 36 the tobacco irrigation system was used to pump it from pool-to-pool down the river. <br /> 37 Commissioner Greene referred to page 42, which says this dam was classified as a high <br /> 38 hazard dam in 2011, and asked if it has been due to luck that no disaster has happened yet. <br /> 39 Craig Benedict said that designation is for how much water it holds, the type of <br /> 40 floodplain, etc. He said staff has been working with DEQ and FEMA, and there is an <br /> 41 emergency plan in place should the need arise. <br /> 42 Commissioner Price asked who will oversee the sand blasting, painting, etc. as she is <br /> 43 concerned about pollution. <br /> 44 Craig Benedict said there are specifications for this, and his new staff engineer has a <br /> 45 background in dam construction and inspection. He said the County will oversee this project. <br /> 46 Commissioner McKee said this will be completely encased while sandblasting is taking <br /> 47 place. <br /> 48 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Major Plumbing Repairs - $250,778 (p. 44) <br /> 51 o Whitted Underground Hot Water Piping - $97,153 <br />