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I k <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q J <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Dedication and Deed of Easement to OWASA; Water lines for Project <br />Homestart <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No <br />CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Easement for Water lines <br />Plat showing line location <br />Dedication letter <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />PAM JONES, ext. 2650 <br />Telephone Number - <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider granting an easement to OWASA for water lines associated <br />with Project Homestart. <br />BACKGROUND: The County leased a three acre tract of land in the northwest corner of <br />the Southern Human Services Center property on Homestead Road to Inter -Faith <br />Council upon which to build two buildings. One of the buildings will house family <br />transitional housing, while the second will provide a shelter for battered women. <br />Opening of both facilities is imminent. <br />Water lines to serve the property have been constructed pursuant to standards set by <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority ( OWASA). OWASA is now ready to receive the <br />water lines, but will require a maintenance easement to be granted by the County. A <br />plat depicting the location of the lines and associated easement is attached. <br />As the Board may recall, sewer service is unavailable to the referenced project along <br />Homestead Road. As a result, temporary sewer lines were designed to traverse the <br />County's property and tie into OWASA's existing sewer service on the east edge of the <br />property. Sewer lines for the transitional housing and battered women's facilities will <br />be rerouted and permanently constructed to tie in along Homestead Road at such time <br />OWASA lines are extended to that site. A sewer line easement will be considered by <br />the County at such time. In the meantime, a maintenance contract for the sewer line <br />across County property will be maintained through a professional services contract by <br />the Inter -Faith Council. <br />