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15 . <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Ag4nda <br /> Item No. Q <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: OCTOBER 6, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: CONTRACT PROPOSAL TO STUDY AND EVALUATE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> YES TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a contract proposal from Hazen and Sawyer to con- <br /> duct a water supply development feasibility study in Orange <br /> County. <br /> NEED: To determine the feasibility and cost of constructing a new <br /> reservoir in the Upper Eno River Basin. <br /> To determine the feasibility of obtaining water from Jordan <br /> Lake as an alternative to constructing a new reservoir. <br /> To consider alternative methods to finance this project once a <br /> decision os made as to what Orange County needs. <br /> This contract is divided into two phases: Phase I has a cost <br /> ceiling of $40, 000 and Phase II has a cost ceiling of $20,000. <br /> $60,000 was approved in a Project Ordinance on July 23, 1986 <br /> for this prupose. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> As the Board decides. <br />