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..~.~ MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTX BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS April 1, 1974 The Board of Commissioners of Orange County met in Regular Session in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina on Mpnday, April 1, 1971}, at 10 o~cloak A. M. Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker and Commissioners Henry S. [,calker, Melvin Whitfield and Richard E. whin ed. Members Absent: Commissioner Flora Garrett. The Board agreed to allow Finley Parker to present a request concerning SR X1368.. Mr. Parker stated that this road was scheduled for stabilization and that survey parties had been working on it until recently, however, soma of the property owners on the right of way have not agreed with the States relocation effort and now the survey parties have left the area. Mr. Parker would like the County Commissioners assistance in determining the current status of this stabilization effort. Chairman Norman Walker suggested that the Clerk write Sam Jones, District Engineer, requesting he let the Board know what the States plane are Pb~'this road, with a copy being forwarded to Mr. Parker. Chairmen Walker also asked the Clerk to write the 'local highway maintenance forces requesting them to check the level of maintenance performed on this road. Chairman Walker referred to Item ~1 of the Agenda: (Approval of Minutes of February meetings. Minutes not approved for February meetings. Chairman Walker referred to Item #~2 of the Agenda: (District Health Officer and renresentativea of the North Carolina Board of Water and Air Resources to discuss waste water treatment in mobile home parks.) Dr. 0. D. Garvin, District Health Officer, Joe Millsop, Regional ~gineer of the State Board of Water and Air Resources, and H. Dobson and Tony Laws, Sanitarians from the District Health Department, were present to discuss with the board waste water treatment in Mobile Home Parks. This discussion stemmed from specific complaints alledging raw sewage was seeping from Dixie, B & W and Gardens Mobile Home Courts in Eno Township. Dr. 0. D. Garvin opened the discussion by briefly describing the past history of local sanitation laws. Years ago the local Health Department had sole responsibility for enforcing the septic tank law. For some years not this responsibility hoe been eroded until now the responsibility lies in the following manner: Board of Water and Air Resources 1. If you discharge into any stream 2. If you discharge more than 3000 gallons per day Local Health Department 1. Any individual aeptia tank or filter apparatus discharging less than 3000 gallons per day below the ground surface. Chairman Norman Walker then asked Dr. Garvin if he Pelt that B & W Mobile Home Park was causing a health hazard. Dr. Garvin referred this.queation to Mr. Dobson. Mr. Dobson stated that at present he felt the situation in B & W Mobile Home Court was in fact a health hazard. Dr. Garvin then observed that ainae B & W had recently been added to the Hillsborough water system this problem Mr. ~ Dobson had just identified would probably be compounded. Chairman Norman Walker then asked Mr. Dobson were owners of hazardous septic tanks uauslly co-operative when the Health Department requested these conditions be remedied. Mr. Dobson stated this was usually the base. Commissioner Richard Whitted turned the discussion to Cardona Mobile Homa Park .and Dr. Vesiland Celiform Bacteria Count. At this point Mrs. Judy Holland an associate of Dr. Vasiland advised the Board that Dr. Vesiland could not be at the meeting today, however, he would be pleased to discuss this subject with the board at another time or talk with any of them individually. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion of Ike. Garvin, Mr. Millsop ar_d Mr. Lbbson that without municipal type treatment being made available to these mobile home parks the problems there were going to be almost impossible to correct. In summary they were good examples of too much density. The soil is just unable to handle this much effluent during a significate portion of each year. Mark Burnham, Regional Planner with the Council of Governments, pointed out that Humping the holding tanks at these parks and transporting the effluent to a municipal sewage plant is a possible interim solution to this problem.