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33 <br />1 Barrows said that she has a concern about the sewer situation. She is concerned about setting a <br />2 precedent and that the County would be taking on a substantial bill to pay OWASA annually. <br />3 She believes in affordable housing, but she wonders how far the County should go to subsidize. <br />4 She suggested that the residents contribute some funds on a sliding scale for the water/sewer <br />5 services. <br />Davis said that the estimated cost to the County for this sewer would be $600-'700 per month. <br />9 Benedict gave some background on how the sewer system is achieved in the Efland area. <br />1 o Hillsborough has a sewer treatment plan, and the County has an agreement with Hillsborough to <br />11 send the sewage collected in the Efland area back to be treated by Hillsborough. The County has <br />12 no brews to maintain the pump stations in Efland, so they subcontract out with OWASA to <br />13 maintain the pump. <br />14 <br />15 Barrows verified with Benedict that none of the costs for the sewer maintenance were reflected <br />16 in the fiscal impact analysis. <br />17 <br />l s Chair Allison asked if the issue with the sewer was a concern or a condition of the preliminary <br />19 plan. <br />2p <br />21 Davis said that the staff resolution did not include any requirements for the sewer system. <br />22 <br />23 Benedict said that the comments of the Planning Board would be noted on the agenda for the <br />24 County Commissioners. He said that the County Engineer, the County Manager, and the <br />25 applicant would discuss this issue before it goes to the Commissioners. <br />26 <br />27 Selkirk pointed out that the sewer would double the cost in the fiscal impact analysis. <br />2$ <br />29 Strayhorn said that he is concerned that there are so many questions about this subdivision. <br />30 Also, the abstract that is in the agenda tonight looks like the board did not take any action on <br />31 October 6~'. <br />32 <br />33 Davis said that the question was whether the land would be dedicated to the County or the <br />34 homeowner's association. He said that the board decided to change the language, but rt was not <br />35 decided what the language change would be. <br />36 <br />37 Susan Levy, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, addressed a couple <br />3s of issues. She reiterated that this subdivision was an affordable housing development. The <br />39 majority of the homes, at least 25 or more, will be sold to families who earn 50% of median <br />4o income or below. Only a Few of the homes would be sold to families that earn up to 80% of <br />41 median income. She said that the County has approved $460,000 in Orange County housing <br />42 bond funds to go towards the purchase of the land and a portion of the infrastructures in <br />43 Richmond Hills. One of the conditions for the funds is that these homes remain affordable for 99 <br />44 years. She said that Habitat for Humanity does not feel that the traffic generated by the <br />45 subdivision would warrant the tapered turn lane. She said that they were willing to dedicate the <br />46 parkland to the County, but they'do not understand the full implications of it in terms of the <br />47 public access. Habitat for Humanity does hope that by dedicating the land that they would be <br />4s excused from making the payment-in-lieu. She said that they were not sure what the blanket <br />49 easement means, but they were interested in there being a trail from the school and the park to <br />