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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 1, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - g SUBJECT: Authorization of Northern Buckhorn Community/Central Efland Sewer Expansion Project and Conclusion of the Public Hearing for Preliminary Engineer's Report DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes ATTACHMENT(S): County Engineer's Project Report and Projected Timeline INFORMATION CONTACT: County Engineer,- 919-245-2303 Budget Director, 919-245-2151 PURPOSE: To complete the EPA-required (for State and Tribal Assistance Grant funded projects) public hearing on the .proposed project's preliminary Engineer's Report; to approve the project scope; and to address the project's projected shortfall in existing. bond and grant funds. BACKGROUND: Central Efland and Northern Buckhorn Project Update The current project to expand or provide the central Efland and northern Buckhorn communities with access to a wastewater collection system has been on the planning board since January, 2005. The plan to expand sewer service in central Efland to eliminate the health issues posed by a significant level of failing septic systems has been a BOCC goal since the early 1980's. At the outset of this project, it was intended to include not only the areas referenced above, but the water and wastewater systems designated to serve the southern Buckhorn community, the southern portion of the Buckhorn EDD and the Gravelly Hill Middle School as well. The portion of the project serving the southern Buckhorn community, the southern section of the Buckhorn EDD and the Gravelly Hill Middle School .was spun off of the larger project (the grant funding approval process was found to be too lengthy) so that utility services would be available to the Gravelly Hill school, enabling it to meet a Fall of 2006 opening date target. The southern Buckhorn community, EDD and Gravelly Hill Middle school project was completed in early 2007. However, issues involving the capacity of the City of Mebane's Industrial Drive wastewater pumping station to provide service to the initial southern Buckhorn project as well as the upcoming northern Buckhorn community project remained unresolved. The City of Mebane, as of late 2007, has resolved these capacity issues by replacing the existing pumps in the pumping station with higher capacity pumps. The County may now proceed with the northern Buckhorn community as well as the central Efland portions of the overall project.