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13 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Michael Hughes <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Mr. Michael Hughes <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 3815 Fern Creek Ln. <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br /> Phone: 919-270-6462 <br /> Email: mmh@mmhpe.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1989 <br /> Township of Residence: Bingham <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 60+ <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> Chairman, Orange Unified Transportation Board - CURRENT Agricultural Preservation <br /> Board - CURRENT OWASA Board of Directors - 2012-2015 Commission for the <br /> Environment 2009-2012 <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange Water& Sewer Authority Board of Directors <br /> 1. Please describe, generally, your reasons for wanting to serve on the OWASA Board of <br /> Directors. <br /> I would like to be re-appointed to continue the contributions in my previous appointment to the <br /> Board. I am a North Carolina Professional Engineer with extensive consulting experience in the <br /> design, construction and operation of water and sewer utilities across the US and abroad. <br /> 2a. Please list/explain your experience, either professionally and/or from other <br /> boards/commissions that you have in the areas of budget, personnel, and management. <br /> In my prior appointment three of my specific contributions were to 1) Recommend a firm which <br /> was brought on to negotiate employee health insurance benefits with BCBS, 2) Contributed to a <br /> review of emergency plans to build a pipeline and pump station to provide raw water from the <br /> Haw River when the Cane Creek Reservoir was at a critical stage, and 3) My insistence with the <br /> support of other Board members that OWSASA re-evaluate the safe yield water supply from the <br /> reservoirs anticipating additional drought conditions in the future. <br /> 2b. In addition to the experience listed in the question above, please list the <br /> work/volunteer experience/qualifications that would add to your expertise for this board. <br /> I have professionally served in the following capacities: Department of Public Works, City of <br /> Durham (2005-2015); Owner/Officer/Director of his Engineering and Surveying Company(1991- <br /> 2005); Owner/Officer/Director of Land Development Companies (1991-2001); Senior Project <br /> Manager/Engineer, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. (1978-1991) Education: University of Notre Dame, <br /> 1976 - Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978 - <br /> Master of Science Environmental Engineering - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, <br />