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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 3, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (p <br />SUBJECT: Amendment -Additional Services - to Professional Services Agreement for <br />Design of Northern Human Services Center to Include Work on Septic System <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposal from Coulter Jewel Thames Paul Thames., 919-245-2303 <br />Pam Jones, 919-245-2650 <br />PURPOSE: To consider authorizing a change order for the design work associated with the <br />Northern Park to include completion of the design of the septic system that will support the Park <br />and the adjacent Northern Human Services Center. <br />BACKGROUND: The septic system project at the Northern Human Services Center has been <br />in process for several years, pending property acquisition to expand the system, regulatory <br />approvals from the State and County and completion of the design. Although the County <br />Engineer has prepared a conceptual and process design for the Northern Human Services <br />Center septic system, oversight of the construction of the recently completed Buckhorn sewer <br />and the work toward planning construction of the system that will serve the downtown Efland <br />area have prevented the completion of the specifications and drawings for the Northern Human <br />Services Center system in a timely manner. Since the septic system will support both the <br />Northern Park (the beginning of construction is imminent), as well as expanded usages of the <br />Northern Human Services Center, the need to complete the design construction documents, <br />final permitting and construction of the septic system is critical. <br />Coulter Jewell Thames (no relation to the County Engineer Paul Thames) is designer for the <br />Northern Park Project. The.design work being proposed is consistent with work the firm would <br />normally perform on the park project and it is therefore recommended that the design of the <br />septic system be added as a change order to the existing contract for park design. <br />The specific work that would be included in the change order, as detailed on the attached <br />proposal, is summarized as follows: <br />• Design of Grinder Lift Station <br />• Design of the Effluent Lift Station <br />• Drafting assistance to support the County's design efforts for the remaining portions of <br />the project. <br />