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Approved 6/2/21 281 282 Warren Mitchell: I don't know exactly, it might start at that. 283 284 David Blankfard: How many square feet is being planned for the whole subdivision, and can the septic system handle it? 285 286 Warren Mitchell: The septic systems are all to be designed by how many bedrooms are in the house. At this time,we're 287 guessing 3 and 4 bedroom homes. 288 289 Lamar Proctor: Do these wells feed just Pyewacket or will they also feed Morgan Ridge? Does Morgan Ridge have its 290 own wells? 291 292 Warren Mitchell: Just Pyewacket, Morgan Ridge has a possible well site but we have not put in wells for Morgan Ridge 293 yet. The well in Orange County will only serve Pyewacket. 294 295 Adam Beeman: Regarding the well in Orange County, I can't tell where the utility poles are located but if you did move 296 that well off the Orange County property, you said the lot across the street is well back off the road so you could move the 297 driveway down in front of that property instead. Traffic and headlights wouldn't affect them as much since they are well 298 back from the road. 299 300 Warren Mitchell: I think that's a good idea. If I get really close to this wetland, that just starts here (indicated on map), 1 301 think I can make it work. I think we're doing a good thing even if I slightly impact this wetland on the very edge. I think 302 that's a worthwhile pursuit. 303 304 Adam Beeman: What is the plan if, say, the subdivision is sold out and everybody is moved in and our wells are running 305 dry? What is your backup to supply water to the homeowners? 306 307 Warren Mitchell: Every house in the County has wells, I just think it's expecting we all manage. You can go deeper. 308 309 Adam Beeman: I know there was a development in Raleigh that was having issues where they were running out of water. 310 1 have a well so I understand about conserving and not wasting water. I'm just curious if there is a plan long-term for if 311 there was an issue. 312 313 Warren Mitchell: I think maybe we could have a few locations in reserve on the property where another well could be 314 drilled. I don't know that wells run dry too often; luckily this area is kind of spread out. If you tap a good aquifer,you're in 315 good shape. I think you run dry when you're in an aquifer that doesn't produce enough. I guess you would know early on 316 if that were the case. It's definitely something that I want to get answered early. 317 318 Whitney Watson: I believe you said the water supply was going to be managed by a private utility company;will they or a 319 similar entity manage the septic systems? 320 321 Warren Mitchell: The septics are all individual. There will be a couple that are combined in an area but they will still not 322 fall under a public utility. The HOA might have a consultant that looks after those systems. Most of them will be on each 323 lot,just a standard system. 324 325 Whitney Watson: Are sufficient repair fields being allowed for the development? Maybe that really falls to Chatham 326 County since the sewer fields are going to be in Chatham but it's an operational concern down the road. 327 328 Warren Mitchell: Chatham has the same rules that Orange has to follow as far as septic. 329 330 Molly Boyle: You're correct,there is no septic proposed in Orange County so the review authority would be Chatham 331 County on that. 332 333 Lucy Harber: I want to thank the Planning Board members for your careful review of the comments that we sent in and 1 334 did send in written comments but also felt compelled to speak as well because I feel pretty passionate about water and 335 traffic. I didn't think I could communicate that as easily in letter or email but I also wanted to thank you. Historically, 336 Orange County is pretty careful in its approach to planning and development because it has protected the environment