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196 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 1534 Cy Stober: I have been doing planning since 2007 and the state law changed in 2008 regarding voluntary annexation. <br /> 1535 Formerly that would have been an option,the town could have just annexed everyone but no, today you must voluntarily <br /> 1536 petition for annexation as an individual property owner or a group of property owners.The town cannot force you to be <br /> 1537 annexed to the town of Hillsborough. <br /> 1538 <br /> 1539 Adam Beeman: Even if the pipe runs right by your front door,you have to ask for the annexation? I don't want to see <br /> 1540 anyone be forced... <br /> 1541 <br /> 1542 Cy Stober: Only in the event of well or septic failure which is a state environmental health regulation. <br /> 1543 <br /> 1544 Beth Bronson:What is important though is that if the well fails and the septic fails and there happens to be a pipe by their <br /> 1545 house,they are required... <br /> 1546 <br /> 1547 Adam Beeman:The old law was that if the pipe came by their house,they were forced to abandon their well. I want to <br /> 1548 make sure no one is forced to abandon what they already have. <br /> 1549 <br /> 1550 Patrick Byker:That is not the case anymore and state law precludes it. <br /> 1551 <br /> 1552 Lamar Proctor: Who is paying to hook up well and septic to the school?The town? <br /> 1553 <br /> 1554 Patrick Byker: No, no, that is all paid for by the private development team.The school pays for every inch of pipe and <br /> 1555 everything that is associated with that. <br /> 1556 <br /> 1557 Jim Parker:The cost of the water and sewer from any existing pipe that the town has is paid for by the school. <br /> 1558 <br /> 1559 Patrick Byker:The pipe,the manholes the water line... <br /> 1560 <br /> 1561 Applicant:The fees, permits, testing all of it is paid by the school,the town does not pay anything.They collect double <br /> 1562 the water rates for the usage. If you go on the town's website and look at the amount of water that is treated by the town <br /> 1563 and their treatment plan, is on average about 1.2 million gallons per day and they are permitted for 3 million gallons a <br /> 1564 day on both plants.You can look at those reports for yourself online, it's very clear. 1.2 million gallons a day is processed <br /> 1565 through the town's treatment.This is .015 million gallons a day if both schools are there. It is extremely negligible. So <br /> 1566 capacity is not an issue. <br /> 1567 <br /> 1568 Whitney Watson: I think a lot of folks on the board are conflicted about this proposal and one of their reasons is that <br /> 1569 under land use goal 3 is preserving the community and rural character and land use goal 5.6 is provide the county's <br /> 1570 population and economy with future uses, recreation and schools. So those two items seem to be in conflict with each <br /> 1571 other.We really as a board have not talked very much about if this will preserve the community and rural character of <br /> 1572 this parcel or this neighborhood. We have heard a lot about desirable schools, desirable recreation activities, perhaps as <br /> 1573 a board we need to spend some time talking about preserving community and rural character. <br /> 1574 <br /> 1575 Melissa Poole: One of the options is to give extended time to consider.... <br /> 1576 <br /> 1577 Adam Beeman: What do you want to achieve with the extended time? <br /> 1578 <br /> 1579 Charity Kirk:We obviously need to discuss more or throw up another vote...is anyone changing their vote? <br /> 1580 <br /> 1581 Statler Gilfillen: I am very close as the Eno River representative to changing my vote as these people are my neighbors <br /> 1582 and live around me. I live on the old Jackson Farm site and if someone were to come in on the 40-50 acres with this <br /> 1583 development right next to my house,the old farmhouse on St. Mary's, I would be very concerned. I am hearing a lot of <br /> 1584 serious issues from these people. I also have a great deal of respect for Jim Parker and what he has done and is trying <br /> 1585 to do. So I have mixed feelings about it and I have been right on that edge. Up until tonight when I couldn't think of a <br /> 1586 reason not to.What you just commented about the rural atmosphere, it affects all of us. What is the nature of our <br /> 1587 community,you are putting a large block of property and are completely surrounded by neighbors. That was part of why 1 <br /> 1588 was asking Mr. Parker earlier about the question of if you put a school in, is there some sort of compensation. Long term, <br />