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Approved & 7 - 23 <br /> 1535 Melissa Poole : You referenced the relationship with a municipality and under the current municipality plan , it is aligned . Is <br /> 1536 that correct? <br /> 1537 <br /> 1538 Cy Stober : That is correct . We didn ' t include it in our consistency statement but we did consult with WASMPBA but we <br /> 1539 can provide that in the future . <br /> 1540 <br /> 1541 Lamar Proctor: So it is within the WASMPBA boundary to provide sewer and water? <br /> 1542 <br /> 1543 Cy Stober : The primary service area , yes . <br /> 1544 <br /> 1545 Lamar Proctor: Thank you for that clarification . <br /> 1546 <br /> 1547 Steve Kaufmann : Still , the neighborhood will not be able to get water and sewer, even though it is in that region ? <br /> 1548 <br /> 1549 Cy Stober: They would have to voluntarily have to apply for connection and I believe annexation to the Town of <br /> 1550 Hillsborough , pay the connection fees as well as any associated annexation fees . <br /> 1551 <br /> 1552 Adam Beeman : They wouldn ' t be forced to hop on if the pipe goes by your house , you don 't have to get on the water, <br /> 1553 you could maintain your septic and well ? <br /> 1554 <br /> 1555 Cy Stober: I have been doing planning since 2007 and the state law changed in 2008 regarding voluntary annexation . <br /> 1556 Formerly that would have been an option , the town could have just annexed everyone but no , today you must voluntarily <br /> 1557 petition for annexation as an individual property owner or a group of property owners . The town cannot force you to be <br /> 1558 annexed to the town of Hillsborough . <br /> 1559 <br /> 1560 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 /> 1561 anyone be forced . . . <br /> 1562 <br /> 1563 Cy Stober : Only in the event of well or septic failure which is a state environmental health regulation . <br /> 1564 <br /> 1565 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 /> 1566 house , they are required . . . <br /> 1567 <br /> 1568 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 /> 1569 make sure no one is forced to abandon what they already have . <br /> 1570 <br /> 1571 Patrick Byker: That is not the case anymore and state law precludes it . <br /> 1572 <br /> 1573 Lamar Proctor: Who is paying to hook up well and septic to the school ? The town ? <br /> 1574 <br /> 1575 Patrick Byker: No , no , that is all paid for by the private development team . The school pays for every inch of pipe and <br /> 1576 everything that is associated with that . <br /> 1577 <br /> 1578 Jim Parker: The cost of the water and sewer from any existing pipe that the town has is paid for by the school . <br /> 1579 <br /> 1580 Patrick Byker : The pipe , the manholes the water line . . . <br /> 1581 <br /> 1582 Applicant : The fees , permits , testing all of it is paid by the school , the town does not pay anything . They collect double <br /> 1583 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 /> 1584 and their treatment plan , is on average about 1 . 2 million gallons per day and they are permitted for 3 million gallons a <br /> 1585 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 /> 1586 through the town ' s treatment . This is . 015 million gallons a day if both schools are there . It is extremely negligible . So <br /> 1587 capacity is not an issue . <br /> 1588 <br /> 1589 Whitney Watson : I think a lot of folks on the board are conflicted about this proposal and one of their reasons is that <br /> 1590 under land use goal 3 is preserving the community and rural character and land use goal 5 . 6 is provide the county' s <br />