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15 <br /> 1 was a million gallon per day station with roughly 432,000 gallons daily available flow, pumping directly to <br /> 2 the Water Recovery Facility. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide#4 <br /> C. SEWER TO AREA 1 <br /> ROCKOORE <br /> • _ <br /> -0 <br /> ems$ <br /> PUMP STATION <br /> PROJECT COST$2M W/NO FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED TO DATE <br /> MIMLE SCHOOL <br /> 8 Kyle Smith outlined a proposed improvement: extending the 12-inch gravity line to Graveley Hill <br /> 9 pump station across the interstate, which would free up approximately 500 acres north of the 1-40/85 <br /> 10 corridor east of Buckhorn, south of the railroad, primarily for economic development and industrial <br /> 11 facilities.This project was estimated at$2 million with no identified funding yet. <br /> 12 Commissioner Bedford asked whether the red line on the map extended gravity feed service <br /> 13 area to Graveley Hill or represented a proposed force main. <br /> 14 Kyle Smith clarified it was gravity service, extending from an existing gravity line behind the <br /> 15 Medline facility toward the former jockey lot location, running under the interstate to serve land on the <br /> 16 other side. <br /> 17 Commissioner Portie-Ascott noted that freeing up 500 acres might enable residential <br /> 18 development near the proposed school, since people liked living near schools. <br /> 19 Kyle Smith said that they would still be limited by Graveley Hill pump station capacity despite <br /> 20 planned upgrades, restricting development to less dense patterns like warehouse space. <br /> 21 Chair Hamilton asked about the goal to build 400-500 homes per year and whether some of that <br /> 22 is based on utility capacity. <br /> 23 Mayor Hooks confirmed this reflected current capacity, noting they could "open a barn door" <br /> 24 and dramatically increase certificates of occupancy once the new wastewater treatment plant was <br /> 25 operational. <br /> 26 Chair Hamilton asked for estimates of additional housing units possible after expansion <br /> 27 completion. <br /> 28 Preston Mitchell said Mebane's wastewater capacity policy, designed to prevent "paper flow" <br /> 29 situations where fully permitted subdivisions counted against capacity even if construction took years to <br />