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<br /> 401 Statler Gilfillen: But if you're going to quote numbers and people are going to rely upon them, I need to
<br /> 402 know the source.
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<br /> 404 Tom Altieri: The source is Tony Whitaker. And he put together this presentation for the county
<br /> 405 commissioners. And as I recall, his source was various professionals that he had talked
<br /> 406 to collect this information, and he did provide, a rather strong caveat that some of these
<br /> 407 costs can vary pretty widely. But that's where the information does come from. This is
<br /> 408 not information from Orange County Planning. The county commissioners asked that we
<br /> 409 bring in experts to present to them, and this is their information.
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<br /> 411 Statler Gilfillen: I would like to forward to Cy or somebody later the page that I put together about that. It
<br /> 412 may differ and may be a good place for discussion to make sure that— I could be wrong,
<br /> 413 but it is a good place also that if I'm right and these numbers would disagree locally, we
<br /> 414 should look at that. That's all.
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<br /> 416 Venkat Yendapalli: That's fine. Statler, can you share with all of us, all the planning board members also,
<br /> 417 please, the work you've done and put together, the numbers?
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<br /> 419 Statler Gilfillen: Yeah, it is on one of my websites, but don't ask me to give you the web page, name right
<br /> 420 now.
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<br /> 422 Cy Stober: I want to be clear about what that table shows and what Tony as a PE has provided to us.
<br /> 423 Tony serves on our Board of Health and has for many years; he's also been on the Board
<br /> 424 of Adjustment. So, that is installation costs; does not include the engineer design costs,
<br /> 425 does not include any permitting costs. None of the overhead; it is just the cost of
<br /> 426 construction of a septic system. So, you know, I would agree with you, a conventional
<br /> 427 system usually costs somewhere in the neighborhood of$25,000.00 to$30,000.00 from
<br /> 428 soup to nuts. So, this is just the cost of installation. So, that caveat, I suppose, is not
<br /> 429 included here. I think it was included in his presentation, in his comments. But, yeah, if
<br /> 430 that's helpful context, I think that may be relevant to the board. I'd also like to address
<br /> 431 Charity's question. So, I don't want to put our chair on the spot. He's presenting to the
<br /> 432 board of commissioners on the work plan next week. One of the items in this board's
<br /> 433 work plan is a request to meet at least twice a year with the board of commissioners to
<br /> 434 align priorities and, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but ensure that there's a more
<br /> 435 open line of communication with the board of commissioners on land-use matters. So, if
<br /> 436 there were one or two particular points of discussion, particularly related to this land-use
<br /> 437 plan that Tom has pointed out does need to be adopted within a reasonable time window.
<br /> 438 Points of concern, points of further discussion, education, et cetera, or points that you, 1
<br /> 439 think you need, you may want to resolve with the board as a land-use matter for the entire
<br /> 440 county. Those could be constructive for Lamar and for further discussion as jumping-off
<br /> 441 points. The timing is good, so I don't want to put him on the spot, but if it comes up with
<br /> 442 the commissioners about, "Well, what would that look like? What would we talk about?"
<br /> 443 The land use plan is certainly something that could be talked about, but if there's more
<br /> 444 specifics, that could also be instructive.
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<br /> 446 Tom Altieri: Thank you.
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<br /> 448 Chris Johnston: So, Meg, Meg was actually next, if you have any input? Okay. Questions?
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