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Charter School Board Member: There were a few that were looked at this is such an ideal site for this because of the 824 adjacent fields as well as the parks and recs, this was definitely the main focus. 825 826 Beth Bronson: How about how long did the search go on for? 827 828 Board Member: It was about a year from when we got the charter from the state. 829 830 Beth Bronson: Okay and then do you guys have a representation, like a lawyer. 831 832 Board Member: We do, not here tonight. 833 834 Beth Bronson: I think those are all the questions I have for you tonight. 835 836 Chris Johnston: At the April 5 meeting, Jim Parker mentioned, “We do not need Hillsborough’s water” and I just want to 837 understand what that means. Correct me if I’m wrong, they can’t deny Hillsborough water if they have a school on site, or 838 is that an option? I just wanted to make sure I understand state law on that particular item. 839 840 Patrick Byker: State law as I understand it, requires an allocation to be made for the school based on what is projected. 841 That’s what the Town of Hillsborough’s attorney….this is in the staff report as well…reservation of an allocation does not, 842 if I recall, according to the letter, is not a commitment to serve. 843 844 Chris Johnston: Just so I understand, you said that you don’t need Hillsborough water or sewer, because that seems to 845 be the main contention from the Town of Hillsborough, is that they are required to provide water and sewer, so if you are 846 saying that that is not a requirement, is that actually accurate or is that….. 847 848 Patrick Byker: Let me back up just a bit… the water and wastewater are really zoning issues, those are issues that we 849 deal with as part of the engineering of the site and what we would evaluate, if we are fortunate enough for this to be 850 approved by the Board of County Commissioners, there is a …. map in your staff report that evaluates exactly how it 851 should be done with well and septic. 852 853 Charity Kirk: I’m curious about a direct answer to the question. I don’t feel like you are being direct. 854 855 Chris Johnston: What I am hearing you say is that the site doesn’t require water or sewer from Hillsborough given the 856 needs that you mentioned, by right, the area could support up to 35,000…. 857 858 Jim Parker: The site has sufficient septic soils to support beyond 12,000 gallons a day, so the school does not need 859 public water/sewer but, it is a long term maintenance issue with septic and community wells. So, it is a primary desire to 860 have public water/sewer because it is not a long-term maintenance issue for the school. If we proceed with the rezoning, 861 it is important to know that it is not necessary to have water/sewer from the Town of Hillsborough although we would 862 seek it and proceed with that…. 863 864 Chris Johnston: You say seek it but really, it’s required by law in the State of North Carolina to provide it… 865 866 Jim Parker: It is, if we ask for it and desire it to go that direction. The purpose of the statement is in the decision. I don’t 867 want the fact that you think or the mayor says that we need water/sewer they are not going to allow it. I don’t want that to 868 change your decision. The point is, the schools can be supported by the soils that are on site, and by the water that 869 would be provided by wells as well as the ball fields and the tennis court. The recreational component may be 1,000 870 gallons a day. The school would be 12,000 gallons a day. 871 872 Chris Johnston: This comes back to the point of contention that I understand which is the providing of water and sewer. I 873 don’t know 160D very well as far as requiring the Town to provide the water and sewer, my question is, is that a 874 stipulation where you are saying your site can provide water and sewer without needing the town’s? 875 876 Jim Parker: Yes, that is exactly what I’m saying. 877 878 20