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r~ r. ~+. ~; x pI IN[JTES SPECIAL MEETING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COrI~1ISSI0NERS February 14, 1984 The Orange County.8oard of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, February 14, 1984 in the Commissioners' Room,. Hillsborough, North Carolina at 7:3D p.m. - Commissioners Present: Don Willhoit, Chair and Commissioners Shirley Marshall, Ben Lloyd, Norman Walker and Richard whined. __ 1. ~j(~ N~ SION,,~ County Manager Thompson presented background information and an overview of the two projects: (l) Cheeks Township water and Sewer Extension Feasibility Report, and (2) Upper Eno River Basin Reservoir Development Feasibility Report. He outlined the originating circumstances that prompted this engineering report - (1) malfunctioning septic tanks presenting a hazard to the occupants, (2) malfunctioning of the package treatment plant .at the Efland Cheeks School, and (3) the area which is nutrient sensitive. The County Commissioners saw a need for a master plan for the entire area including the homes, the school and future economic growth. Article B of the Hillsborough 201 plan called for a reasonable partnership in the future between the County and Hillsborough to serve the Efland area with Hillsborough as the lead agency in providing the sewer treatment plant. This report gave no completion date for providing these services. As a result of a meeting with the Town of Hillsborough last _.. July, 1983, Hillsborough indicated a willingness to provide the labor and equipment to install this sewer line. Farmers Home Administration, funding agency, disagreed with this concept indicating they desired a project that could be competitively bid from the outset so that the cost would be determined before the start of any construction work with one contractor being solely responsible. They required that the County own the lines until the bond indebtedness was paid in full. Orange County agreed to pay the expense (2 grants and 1 loan) and maintain the lines (monthly payments from customers). The County would be responsible for collection and in turn pay the town fvr its cost of treating the sewage. In July, 1983, the John McAdams Engineering Company was hired to develop two reports: (1) the Reservoir feasibility report and (2) sewer study. In conjunction, the Planning Department was to consider a land use plan and zoning for the V7est Orange Area taking into account: (1) the engineer's design for an initial service area and future growth; (2) further extension for commercial and industrial development; (3) best site for the reservoir development, and (4) a protection area. -water critical area where only partial development could take place. Rim Fisher of the Jahn McAdams Company, pointed out on the proposeu land use map for the West Orange area, the water critical areas, existing reservoirs, proposed commercial and industrial transition area, 10 and 20 year transition areas, and agricultural and residential areas as they are now. He further explained the six (fi) phases of the proposed sewer. Phase 1 would be considered immediately with the other phases in the near future. The components of the sewer system included: (1) 25,000 linear feet of gravity lines; (2) three force mains - 2", 3" and 6" that run to Hillsborough; (3) three pump stations and (4) 182 stubouts for connection.