NS Purchasing - Approval of Sanitary Sewer Easement on Elem Sch #10 and Proposed Cost-Share

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 11, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. ~- • SUBJECT: Approval of Sanitary Sewer Easement on Elementary School #10 Site and Proposed Cost-Share Agreement DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, ERCD, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Purchasing ATTACHMENT(S): Easement Document Map of Proposed Easement Proposed Cost-Share Agreement INFORMATION CONTACT: Geof Gledhill, County Attorney David Stancil, ERC Director Pam Jones, Purchasing Director PURPOSE: To consider approval of a sanitary sewer easement to be granted to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) for future sewer service around the new Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS)Elementary School #10 site; and to consider approval of a cost-share agreement between Orange County, M/I Homes and Priority Development for sewer extension construction. BACKGROUND: On October 23, the Board considered sanitary sewer easements needed to provide service to the new Elementary School #10, which is currently under construction on the County's Twin Creeks (Moniese Nomp) District- Park and Educational Campus site. As a part of that item, it was noted that one portion of the requested easement, an easement that wraps around the new school to provide possible future expansion. for OWASA service areas to the north, required additional exploration. While this easement does not contain the sewer line that will provide connection to the school, the easement was a requirement of the Town of Carrboro and Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) as part of approval of the school development permits. The location of the easement, as it was proposed by the engineer employed by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, had the potential to impact the remaining portions of the educational campus, as it was located wholly outside of the Elementary School #10 parcel. Staff was asked to work to assess and resolve this question, and bring back a different solution to this regulatory requirement. In early November, County staff met with representatives from OWASA, the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools and the architecture and engineering firm for the Schools (Corley Redfoot . and Zack). Based on that discussion and work by the engineers, the easement has been re- routed so that nearly all of the corridor is within the 19 acre elementary school site (please see