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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 _ g <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 7, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Utility Extension Fund Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: Economic Development Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />Contract between Barber & Ross Company <br />and Orange County <br />Notice of Public Hearing <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dianne Reid, EDC Director <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />_` Yes <br />PURPOSE: To review and approve the proposed Utility Fund Extension Fund Agreement by and <br />between Barber & Ross Company and Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Barber & Ross CoYnpany, a manufacturer of pre-hung doors, windows, and millwork, has an <br />agreement of sale for the purchase of the former Redman Mobile Home manufacturing site west of <br />Efland in the Buckhorn Road Economic Development District. The site, owned by the City of <br />Mebane, has been unoccupied for a number of years. <br />The septic tank drain field for the facility is situated on acreage south of the 9.9 acre site currently <br />under agreement. There are environmental issues with this tract, and Barber & Ross does not wish <br />to purchase the property. The company has asked Orange County to provide financial assistance to <br />aid them in connecting the sanitary waste stream from the plant to the existing sanitary sewer line <br />located on Route 70. Under the terms of this agreement, after the line is installed, Barber & Ross <br />would transfer ownership of the line to Orange County. The Company requests $50,000 from the <br />County's Water and Sewer Extension Fund. <br />The project appears to comply with the criteria specified in the Orange County Water and Sewer <br />Policy, approved 4/3/89 and amended 9/3/91. The policy was developed to, among other goals, <br />"establish a basis for Orange County's financial participation in the provision of water and/or sewer <br />services and facilities." The policy specifies that the County can be involved in the provision of <br />water and/or sewage disposal services "to provide economic development opportunities" using the <br />following criteria: <br />1. The project must be assured of having the proper zoning at the proposed site (the facility is <br />located within a primary EDD); and <br />2. The project must improve job opportunities available to Orange County citizens, especially for <br />women and minorities (the project will provide approximately 190 additional jobs); and <br />