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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 21, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~. <br />SUBJECT: County Manager Authorit for Efland-Buckhorn Sewer Capital Project Items <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Central Efland Phase II Area and Frank W. Clifton, County Manager, <br />Northern Buckhorn Area Vicinity Map 245-2300 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />245-2585 <br />Kevin Lindley, Staff Engineer, 245-2583 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, 245-2318 <br />Michael Talbert, Financial Services, <br />245-2153 <br />Jeff Thompson, Asset Management <br />Services, 245-2658 <br />PURPOSE: To authorize the County Manager to execute necessary documents for pre- <br />construction activities necessary for the Efland-Buckhorn Sewer Capital Project subject to <br />County Attorney approval. <br />BACKGROUND: This authority is time-limited and specific to two projects: Several State and <br />Federal review requirements will be occurring over the next few months related to the Central <br />Efland Phase II and Northern Buckhorn sanitary sewer projects. Due to the summer break, the <br />agencies and activities noted below will require certain actions, correspondence, recorded <br />documents and supporting material. <br />Orange County staff is preparing to begin construction on the Efland-Buckhorn Sewer Project <br />during the fall of 2011. Staff will continue to prepare for this construction through the summer <br />months in the areas of: <br />1) Railroad and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) encroachment <br />permissions and conditions; <br />2) Necessary sewer easement transactions; <br />3) Financing agreements (previously authorized by the BOCC); <br />4) Other regulatory and municipal agreements, including potential agreements with the City <br />of Mebane (for the Northern Buckhorn area); <br />