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9 <br /> ■ Improve Furniture in Probate for Privacy <br /> ■ Install Glass Partition at Main Counter for Security <br /> • Clerk of Courts Office— Main Counter <br /> • Lake Orange Dam Remediation - $95,000 (p. 42) <br /> 0 2018 Department of Environmental Quality Inspection <br /> o Deficiencies Documented — Long Term Repair Plan Created <br /> o FY2019-20 Projects <br /> ■ Sandblasting and Painting Intake Tower Beams and Gate Actuators <br /> ■ Replacing Concrete Expansion Joints and De-mucking Sluice Gate <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is a reason that Orange County owns this lake. <br /> Craig Benedict, Planning Director, said a permit was issued in 1968 with Orange County <br /> and the Department of Health. He said Orange County was responsible for water resources for <br /> the Town of Hillsborough, proper. He said the County worked in collaboration with Hillsborough, <br /> but since the reservoir was in unincorporated Orange County, it was the County who met with <br /> property owners to gather donations and the creation of the dam. He said there have been <br /> discussions in the past about handing it off to Hillsborough, and the resource of Lake Orange is <br /> both for supplying water to the Eno River, to keep the flow going for environmental purposes, <br /> and for Hillsborough, and for Orange Alamance water system that provides water to Corporation <br /> Lake, and for Piedmont Minerals. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that Orange County used to provide water to <br /> Hillsborough. <br /> Craig Benedict said yes, it is called a class 2 reservoir, as there is no pipe that goes <br /> directly into the lake. He said the County operates the gauge electronically, and how much <br /> water is released to run to the Eno River and is picked up in Lake Ben Johnson, where <br /> Hillsborough does have direct pipe access. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos asked if Hillsborough is appreciative. <br /> Craig Benedict said there are other options of how this responsibility can be shared, and <br /> his staff will continue to look in to these. <br /> Commissioner McKee said in the late fifties Eno River was Hillsborough's water supply, <br /> but it dried up. He said some of the farm ponds in Cedar Grove were pumped into the river and <br /> the tobacco irrigation system was used to pump it from pool-to-pool down the river. <br /> Commissioner Greene referred to page 42, which says this dam was classified as a high <br /> hazard dam in 2011, and asked if it has been due to luck that no disaster has happened yet. <br /> Craig Benedict said that designation is for how much water it holds, the type of <br /> floodplain, etc. He said staff has been working with DEQ and FEMA, and there is an <br /> emergency plan in place should the need arise. <br /> Commissioner Price asked who will oversee the sand blasting, painting, etc. as she is <br /> concerned about pollution. <br /> Craig Benedict said there are specifications for this, and his new staff engineer has a <br /> background in dam construction and inspection. He said the County will oversee this project. <br /> Commissioner McKee said this will be completely encased while sandblasting is taking <br /> place. <br /> Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> • Major Plumbing Repairs - $250,778 (p. 44) <br /> o Whitted Underground Hot Water Piping - $97,153 <br /> ■ Repair Deteriorating Pipe Needed for Heating <br /> o Cedar Grove Community Center Septic Line Replacement - $118,625 <br /> ■ First Step in Improving Sewer Service Reliability and Capacity <br /> o Orange County Public Transportation Connection to Town Sewer- $35,000 <br />