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As requested, we are pleased to provide the following information in regard to the subject <br /> project: <br /> 1. Utility Service Agreement between Mebane and Orange County <br /> By Agreement dated March 1, 2004, the City of Mebane and Orange County entered <br /> into a Utility Service Agreement providing for the extension of water and sewer service to <br /> I-85/Buckhorn Rd. Economic Development District. The agreement indicates that water <br /> and sewer extensions will be made at the expense of Orange County with approvals by <br /> the City of Mebane. The agreement has worked successfully with the recent extension <br /> of water and sewer service to the new Gravelly School on West Ten Road. <br /> 2. Allocation and treatment capacity <br /> The City of Mebane has a 2.5 MGD wastewater treatment plant (with existing flows in <br /> the 1.0 MGD range) and our plant has capacity available for approved users. Based on <br /> our understanding of the Gravelly School project, the city approved a design flow of <br /> 100,000 gallons per day (average flow) when the Gravelly pump station was designed <br /> for that service area. The school is currently only using approximately 3,000 gallons per <br /> day; therefore, the Gravelly pump station appears to have sufficient capacity available to <br /> accommodate the first phase of the project. The project engineer has provided some <br /> preliminary estimates that indicate the project may generate approximately 200,000 <br /> gallons per day at full project buildout; therefore, it appears that future upgrades will be <br /> needed to the infrastructure to accept the buildout flows. <br /> In terms of water availability, the City has a 4.0 MGD allocation in the GrahamlMebane <br /> water plant and our usage currently averages 1.1 MGD. The project engineer has <br /> provided preliminary water usage required for fire flows, and it appears that some pipe <br /> line extensions will be needed to accommodate these estimated fire flows. <br /> 3. Utility Extension Agreement <br /> Based on the preliminary engineering information provided by the project engineer, it <br /> appears that some utility extensions and system upgrades will be needed to serve this <br /> project. The City of Mebane looks forward to working with Orange County in developing <br /> a Utility Extension Agreement to address the infrastructure needs in this area should this <br /> project move forward. <br /> Should you have any questions concerning these issues, please contact me at 919-563-5901. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Robert L. Wilson, City Manager <br /> Bill Hutchins called Jim Parker to provide testimony regarding the utility plan. <br /> Jim Parker: I'm with Summit Consulting, and I have been sworn. I'm a professional engineer <br /> in North Carolina, with 25 years experience. Thirteen of those were with NCDOT. The <br /> remainder has been private industry. I want to go back to the transportation plan. To piggyback <br /> on what Tyson testified to, the internal circulation of the Buckhorn development is...he pointed <br /> this out on the presentation. Again, sensitivity would be given to users and tenants. In relation <br /> to the testimony you've heard from Scott in regards to the different areas and the different looks <br /> and feel, those internal drives and roads may be somewhat flexible, but most importantly is all of <br /> the access points along Buckhorn Road and along West Ten Road that Tyson testified to will <br />