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009 The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board discussed moving forward with the review of the W.B. Wicker site as the next elementary school in Lee County. County Manager John Crumpton stated the Board of Education (BOE) has made a request to the Board of Commissioners to consider the W. B. Wicker Campus as the next elementary school site. For several years the BOE has requested a new elementary school for the system in their CIP. For the last several month's informal discussions with many community leaders concerning the location of the next school has occurred. It was the consensus that the next school needed to be in the inner City of Sanford for several reasons. After a review of locations, a suggestion was made to consider the W. B. Wicker School. This site meets all the requirements for an inner city site. It also has numerous side benefits including the fact that the County already owns the gym on site and the property has a lot of surrounding land that may be purchased. Purchasing the property would also provide Brick Capital with needed cash flow to stay in business. No formal offer has been made for the property or the facility. Based on the BOE request, it is recommended the Board of Commissioners authorize the County Manager and Chair to begin negotiations with Brick Capital for the purpose of purchasing the entire site. Discussions will also include CCCC who is a tenant of the facility with their continuing education and dental programs. After discussion, Commissioner Frazier moved for the County Manager to schedule a joint meeting with the Board of Education, begin developing plans (financial and construction) for the next elementary school, authorize staff and the Chair to begin negotiations with the Brick Capital Board of Directors, authorize staff to include discussions with other partners who could be involved in the plan for the location, and for staff to report back to the Board by the second meeting in October. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, and Sloan Nay: Smith The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted by a 6 to 1 vote. The Board considered testing of wells and surface water near the proposed coal ash site. County Manager John Crumpton stated Charah's offer to test well water for residents within the 1,000 foot area of the coal ash fill only generated one property owners request for testing. There are 102 different properties located within the 1,000 foot area. About half of these properties use wells for potable water. Others may use wells for irrigation or other reasons on their property. Mr. Crumpton recommended to the Board the County offer to test and pay for one well and one surface water source on each property. Funds for testing would come from Fund Balance and we would reimburse ourselves when the first payment is received from Duke. If all residents had one well and one surface water area on their property they wanted tested, that would require 204 test kits. At $115 per testing per source, the amount would not exceed $23,460. There are around 50 potable wells and in all likelihood around 10 surface water sites that could be tested. Therefore the approximate estimate of the budget impact would be around $7,000.00. Ms. April Montgomery, Chair of the Joint Sanford -Lee County Environmental Affairs Board spoke and stated that Board would be happy to handled well testing and study the issue. They will also draft a list of suggested measures for Board approval and meet with residents in the Colon Road area to explain the testing procedures. They will also be willing to partner with the Health Department on the project. After discussion, Commissioner Smith moved for staff to send letters to property owners in the Colon Road -Osgood Community in the 1,000 foot area for water/well testing through the County and State of North Carolina at no cost to the residents, and include the Joint City -County Environmental Affairs Board with community outreach. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None N.