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dp0n~r ~~.. Drange County Health Department ~°,^'y "ee~f~ a° °. m e u ~ Jonathan E. Klein, Chair RO5emary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Janet H. Southerland, vice chair ° ' $ ~o''e e"e,a~ Prange County Board of Health Health Director Orange County Board of Health ~~~~ Richard E. Whltted Human Services Center Southern Human Service Center 300 W. Tryon Street, P.O. Box $181 May 22, 2001 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516 Telephone: (919) 24x2411 Fax: (919) 644-3D07 Telephone: (919) 968-2022 Fax: (919) 96&2013 To: Durham City Council Through: Katherine Kalb, Durham Public Works Director From: Rosemary Summers, Orange County Health Director Re: L & W Mobile Home Park This letter is to ask your assistance in expediting a matter that has public health implications for a group of residents. in Orange County. The L & W Mobile Home Park, wholly located within Orange County has been determined by the Environmental Health Division of the Orange County Health Department to have septic system failures for many of the mobile homes in the park. The failing systems aze discharging sewage to the ground where it is ponding. There is no on-site repair strategy available other than connection to a public sewer system. 1VIr. Wayne Paschall, the owner of the L & W Mobile Home Pazk, asserts that he has been working with the City of Durham to secure approvals for connection of the Pazk to the Durham city sewer system. On Mazch 19, 2001, Environmental Health notified Mr. Paschall that fourteen of the spaces needed to be vacated no later than May 19, 2001. Subsequently, Mr. Paschall, through his attorney, Mr. Hornik, filed an appeal to the Orange County Board of Health. On Apri130, the Board of Health Hearing Officers heard the appeal and reported to the full Board of Health at its regulaz meeting on May 17, 2001. Tn L & W's appeal, they requested additional time to "finalize whatever azrangements or agreements must be made between those municipal entities [Orange County and the City of Durham) to allow the extension of Durham's sanitary sewer system to serve the areas of Orange County which includes the mobile home park." L & W maintained at the hearing that Mr. Paschall, as the. owner of the mobile home Pazk, is willing to finance the construction of the connection. Jn addition, Mr. Paschall maintains that vacating the fourteen spaces as ordered by Environmental Health will make the mobile home park financially unfeasible to maintain and that he would be forced to close the entire park. At my request, Paul Thames, the Orange County Engineer has been in contact with Katherine Kalb of Durham to clarify the process and to verify the possibility of connection in this regard. Mr. Thames reported that there is no appazent barrier to connection other than securing the appropriate governmental approvals and the financing, of the force main and lift station by the owner of the mobile home Pazk. The Orange County Board of Health has no desire to displace people from their homes, but must uphold their responsibility to protect the public's health by enforcing the laws and regulations that aze in effect. The Board of Health was quite clear that residents could not be allowed to continue to live ii1 a situation that places their health at risk with exposure to surfacing sewage. Chapel Hill Durham Mebane (919)968-4501 (919)688-7333 (336)227-2031