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003 Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, and Sloan Nay: None Absent: Smith The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Pursuant to N.C. General Statute § 153A-52.1, Chair Dalrymple opened the floor for public comments. The following signed up to speak and were allowed 3 minutes for comm",'.. 1. Dr. Joyce Hawkins, 426 Hawkinberry Lane, Sanford 2. Ms. Terica Luxton, 3616 Lee Avenue, Sanford Commissioner Smith joined the meeting at 5:10 p.m. Commissioner Reives moved that the County Manager's 0 on water testing f the Colon Road -Osgood Community be discussed at this time instead of the end of the meeting as stated on the Agenda. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reiveiik'poan and smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. County Manager John Crumpton stag%" ,��e the County has received 69 letters from interested property owners to have their water §0urce9.1 ted ome of the letters received still need verification to ensure that testable water feature,e"on th property. A total of 35 samples have been pulled and 11 are waiting to be taken. Envirmental Health prioritizes properties with a private well used for drinking water when samples are %ken. Of the 35 water sources sampled so far, Environmental Health has sam��d 21 private wells,.; Results from the State Public Health Laboratory have been received conce�'f private wells ait' of January 15th. Of the 13 private well sample results, 9 conveyed elev 'd Hexai;lent Chromium levels and 12 conveyed elevated Vanadium levels. In all, 13 property ow, ve b �� informed of the recommendation from DHHS not to drink and/or cook with their well water.'�-has requested all testing data for the Colon Road area, which has been provided. Mr. C n stated that hnd Chair Dalrymple met with representatives from Duke Energy to discuss t the development of the Colon Road Coal Ash Storage Facility. No construction activiti ave take" ce for months at the site. Charah has concentrated the storage operations at the haven/Monc ' , facility in Chatham County. The timeline now is for the Lee County facility to be ope al someti during the summer of 2017. Due to the designations made on the 32 coal ash basins in tate, tholon Road site will be needed to store ash that cannot be put in a lined facility at other du k atios. Mr. Cru°pton further stated he had received an estimate of $147,000 to provide a water line to Old Colon Road and $74,000 for Birchard Road (private road). Chair Dalrymple stated she was trying to schedule a meeting with local legislative delegates to discuss the water testing issue. The Board considered an amendment to their Board Appointment Policy. County Attorney Kerry Self stated that per the Board's request at their January 4th meeting, changes were made to the Board Appointment Policy to reflect current appointment practice addressing expressed by the Board. Commissioner Reives stated when the Board waives their policy for non -Lee County residents to serve W