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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 16, 2015 Action Agenda Item No. 6-m SUBJECT: Authorization for County Manager to Award Buckhorn Mebane Sewer Phase 2 Extension Construction Contract and Professional Services Agreement DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Maps Showing Approved Scope of Howard W. Fleming, Jr., PE, Project Engineering/Stormwater Supervisor, 245-2586 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245- 2592 James Bryan, Staff Attorney, 245-2319 PURPOSE: To consider authorizing the Manager to- 1) Award the bid and, upon County Attorney review, execute the construction contract for the Buckhorn Mebane Phase 2 Sewer Extension project during the summer break in an amount not to exceed the project budget; 2) Execute, upon County Attorney review, a services contract with an engineering firm over the summer break for construction contract administration and engineering inspections within the project budget; and 3) Approve project change orders that do not in total exceed the project budget. BACKGROUND: This project has been approved and is part of the County's current Capital Projects budget for 2014-2015. Once complete, the infrastructure installed as part of this project will connect the Efland Sewer system to the City of Mebane's sewer system and wastewater treatment. Ownership and operation of the Efland Sewer system will then be transferred to the City of Mebane consistent with an existing interlocal agreement with the City. This will eliminate the County's yearly maintenance cost for the Efland sewer system. In addition, this project makes possible gravity sewer service to a large economic development area south of the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks that run through the Efland community (see Attachment). Approximately 250 acres will drain to the gravity sewer lines laid as part of this project. The location of the new pump station installed as part of this project will allow future gravity sewer service to an additional 450 acres (for a total of 700 acres), but the gravity sewer lines to serve this additional area are not a part of this project. The project base bid consists of a short extension of the Efland Sewer system force main, 7,287 linear feet (LF) of gravity sewer, a new pump station and almost 20,000 LF of sewer force main to connect this new pump station to the City of Mebane's sewer system. The new force main will follow West Ten Road, turn to follow Bowman Road and will ultimately connect into the recently completed gravity sewer system at the intersection of Rock Quarry Road and Bowman Road.