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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 5, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. 5 -k SUBJECT: McGowan Creek Interceptor Project— Easement Negotiation DEPARTMENT: Planning, Asset Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No Services (AMS) ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Map Showing Location of McGowan Creek Interceptor Project INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Planning, (919) 245- 2592 Kevin Lindley, Planning, (919) 245 -2583 John Roberts, County Attorney, (919)245 -2318 Jeff Thompson, AMS, (919) 245 -2658 1 PURPOSE: To consider authorizing County staff to accept and acquire the private easements required to construct and maintain the McGowan Creek Interceptor Project by negotiation, purchase or condemnation, if necessary. BACKGROUND: On August 23, 2011, the BOCC approved proceeding with this project as part of the Central Efland /North Buckhorn Sewer project. The project consists of decommissioning the 25 year old McGowan Creek PS (pump station), installing approximately 2,500 feet of 12 inch gravity sewer line between the existing McGowan Creek PS on Efland- Cedar Grove Road and the newly constructed Brookhollow PS on Brookhollow Road, rerouting all the flow that had been going to the McGowan Creek PS into the new 12 inch sewer line, and connecting the new 12 inch sewer line into the Brookhollow PS. This project will allow the County to eliminate the McGowan Creek PS from the Efland System, saving the capital cost of rehabilitating the 25 year old McGowan Creek PS as well as the yearly maintenance and repair costs. When the project was approved, it was to be funded using the Central Efland /North Buckhorn State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan. The bids for that project were significantly lower than projected, which left room in the total loan amount to finance this project. In discussions with the State Infrastructure Finance Division regarding adding this project to the Central Efland project, the State requested that the County instead apply for a separate SRF loan to fund this project. Work was done to this end and the BOCC adopted a resolution on March 13, 2012 requesting a separate SRF loan for the McGowan Creek Interceptor project. Since that time, the loan has been approved and the value of the project ($755,450) has been added to the County's approved Capital Investment Plan (CIP). This amount includes engineering, easement acquisition and construction costs.