Meeting with Lee Beauchamp, County Water SupervisorMonday, June 15, 2026

n attendance: Bill, Janie, Keith, Lynne via phone

1. Review of drawings 99% complete/ process
- Approvals from county center for road control environment, USDA, MD Dept of Environment should be approved 
  within next three months
- Simultaneous with approval from USDA
- 1.6 million costs = grant and loan of  
- push for documentation by end of June
- 6 month extension 
- delays in design phase, pushing DBL engineers (have struggled with timelines)  requires meeting every two weeks

2. Staging Area requires HOA sign off permission for use of HOA property 
- permits and easements near burn pile 
- county is asking permission to use HOA property for staging area
- black silk fence around
- discussion of renting a fence at a cost of $4,000 - $10,000
- applied for easement from horse farm for fire hydrants
- estimated time of construction - 8-10 months
- HOA must sign form for USDA to use staging area - will review and sign off after meeting

3. Every homeowner must sign a document giving permission for the project to enter property to connect individual connections.

4. Review of maps for fire hydrants… 17 hydrants for entire project

5. Questions from Bill
- contractor is required to connect from existing water service to water meter
- connections to individual homes; each home owner must give permission to access private property. 
- contractor will patch repairs of private property
- Breaks in the county easements at homeowner’s expense ?
- process of construction: all water mains will be installed and then install taps to individual service connections  
  afterwards 
-  Difference in pressure; 10 psi increase in pressure

6. . Timeline: Bid in August… procurement process by December, USDA Review shovel ready next spring 27…. 
     Completion by December ’27

7.. Estimated costs 

• USDA requires to burn through loan first before applying grant $
  
• Approx $298 per house per quarter
  
• Home owner’s insurance will be reduced once fire hydrants are in…
  
• Meter for pool and dock to be billed to HOA
  
• County maintains everything on their side of main
  
•  We maintain the right to reject if costs are too high…
  
•  The project includes the cost of abandoning well. 
  
• Bahrami lot is not part of HOA will not be part of project… will need to pay connection costs later
  

8.  Lee will hold a meeting for residents in person to discuss the project sometime this summer…

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