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ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 17, 1995 Action Agenda Item# V.=- SUBJECT:NCDOT Encroachment Agreement for installation of sewer taps and service laterals on Efland sewer system DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: —Yes x No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: County Engineer ext. 2303 NCDOT standard form Blanket Encroachment Agreement for TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Utility Service Connections Hillsborough - 732-8181 on Primary and Secondary Durham - 688-7331 Roads Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To request that the BOCC authorize the County Manager to sign and execute a"Blanket Encroachment Agreement" with NCDOT which will substantially reduce the service delivery time frame necessitated by the current encroachment process in which the County must request that NCDOT grant an individual encroachment for construction of each new sewer tap/service lateral in the Efland sewer system. BACKGROUND: Under current regulatory practices, Orange County must request NCDOT's permission each and every time it wishes to install a sewer tap on-and service lateral from-a sewer main which lies within a NCDOT right-of-way. The degree of difficulty in- and time frame for- securing permission to encroach vary indirect proportion to the complexity of the sewer tap/ service lateral construction project. For example, constructing a sewer service consisting of a tap on a minimal depth main lying in a roadway shoulder but well away from the pavement edge and a service lateral extension to a property adjoining the sewer main side of the road would be a simple project. As it would involve no real impact on the roadway or the passage of traffic,permission to encroach could probably be secured in approximately two weeks. Constructing a sewer tap on and service lateral from a main lying under the paved section of roadway would be a much more difficult project. It would involve at minimum: a)pavement and roadway substructure excavation for installation of both the tap and service lateral; b) traffic control and safety; and c) structural backfill and pavement repair. In this situation, securing NCDOT permission to encroach could be a four week process.