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Pursuant to N.C. General Statute §153A-52.1, the Chair opened the floor for Public Comments. The following signed up to speak and were allowed 3 minutes for comments: 1. Allen Longman, 205 Oakbranch Lane, Sanford 2. Dr. Joyce Hawkins, 426 Hawkinberry Lane, Sanford 3. Terica Luxton, 3616 Lee Avenue, Sanford 4. Debbie Hall, 957 Cumnock Road, Sanford Commissioner Reives moved for the Board to move discussion on the Q to this part of the meeting instead of at the end of the Agenda. Upon a va follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None ad water testing results were as s The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimou*. County Manager John Crumpton stated 100 letters have:been received from interested property owners for baseline water testing; 59 samples have been taken; .24, of these were from private wells. The Health Department is waiting on sample results from 5 propertied:. ,Fourteen of the 23 private wells conveyed an elevated level of Hexavalent Chromium. Twenty-one of it`W private wells conveyed an elevated level of Vanadium. On February 11 th the Office of Environmentaland Epidemiological Branch informed the health department they would na.hpnger be providing the recommendation not to drink and/or cook with their well water. The $tom, rias indicated that DHHS is rescinding the recommendation to affected Lee County residents reg0rdingpot to drink the well water. DHHS has asked the Lee County Health Department to forward. the letter to the affected private well owners. Mr. Crumpton stated a total of $6,100 in donations hat been received to assist with the purchase of water filters. Duke Energy has paid for all water testing' and will no longer pay for additional testing. At a previous meeting the Board directed any donations rr:eived would be used to provide bottled drinking water for the Colon Road/Os'-o4 area. Commissioner Frazier asked if a filter unit could be placed at one of the four sites tested with thebighest levels. County Attorney Kerry Self stated she had concerns over which one is selected for the Alter. Commissioner Reives asked if the donations received could be transferred to a non-profif`dWIza� ►proceed with buying bottled water and purchasing a water filter. After further discussion, Commissioner Smith moved for the County Manager and staff to transfer the donated funds to a non-profit:(FnvironmentalLEE) to place water filters on four wells and monitor to see if the sys works. If the fili s do not work the money could be used for purchasing bottled water. U tt} i, �e results were as follows: z Aye: Irymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: done The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. After further discussion, Commissioner Reives moved for the County to send the State's letter to rescind the do -not -drink letter to the residents tested with the highest levels and to include a cover letter stating the County was asked to send the letters out. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. 2