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1. Continuation of review and discussion of the Manager's Recommended FY 2013 - 18 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Paul Laughton from Financial Services Administration introduced this item. He said the plan was to continue the discussion where the County Commissioners left off. He made reference to pages 53-55 and said staff noticed some errors in the formulas and made some changes. These pages are spreadsheets of the sales tax fund summary. Water and Sewer Utilities Capital Projects: There is no additional funding for the five-year CIP for Central Efland/North Buckhorn Sewer Expansion. There are grant monies and state revolving loan funds for this. On page 59, there is $621,250 for year one and the main pump station for Efland sewer system replacement. Maps are located on pages 67-69. Commissioner Price asked when Mebane would be taking over and Kevin Lindley said this phase is in the design stage now and it would be probably two years. On Page 60, there is no additional funding for Lake Orange. This will become part of the annual maintenance budget after this year. On Page 61, Buckhorn EDD Phase 2 makes gravity sewer available to an additional 400 acres of land in the Phase 2 area. Phases 3 and 4 are funded in years 2 and 3. Richmond Hills Pump Station Rehabilitation is on page 64. This was installed in 2001 to serve the Richmond Hills Subdivision built by Habitat for Humanity. According to Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), who perform our routine maintenance, the standard duty schedule is 10 years for pumps and controls and 20 years for generators. Because our current customer rates do not generate enough revenue to provide for a capital reserve, we are proposing to replace the pumps and controls at the 15-year mark. As a matter of policy, sewer lift stations should be limited if possible and/or operating rates or developer payment in lieu of capital reserve should also be considered. This project will include replacement of the pumps and electrical controls, additional of SCADA remote monitoring equipment and wet well rehabilitation, if necessary. NOTE: when the connection between Efland Sewer and the City of Mebane sewer system is complete, Mebane will be responsible for all utilities, including this pump station. Hillsborough EDD is on page 65. The funding for this is in the out years, years 6-10. There is a separate map on page 68. The Eno EDD is on page 66 and has construction funding in year 2. Commissioner Price asked if this plan would be affected if the State moves forward that cities cannot provide monies to areas outside their corporate lines. Clarence Grier said this could possibly affect the plan, but since this is a county project, Orange County would not be affected since it is providing the funding. Chair Jacobs made reference to the Perry Hills subdivision in Mebane and said there are repeated concerns about septic failures. He asked if this has come to the attention of the staff. Kevin Lindley said he does not know of these issues and no one has contacted him about this. Chair Jacobs asked for a report back on this and Clarence Grier said he would follow up. Solid Waste This starts on page 70. Commissioner Rich asked about the recycling operation and getting the towns to stick with the County with the roll out carts. There was some sort of matching fund for the carts. She asked if the County would lose the matching fund if the rollout carts were not done this year.