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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item n 1777LC <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Sewer Extension Reimbursement <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> Economic Development <br /> ATTACHMENT (S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Letter from HanL:or (2) Olivier Devaud - 2327 <br /> Excerpt from Water/Sewer Policy (3-4) Paul Thames - 2303 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 . <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> • <br /> Purpose: To consider utilizing our current Water and Sewer Policy <br /> to re-imburse a portion of the sewer extension cost paid by <br /> Hancor, Incorporated to serve their $4, 000, 000 plant expansion <br /> completed in June 1993 . <br /> Background: In mid-1992, Rancor, Incorporated began the process of <br /> considering an expansion of their existing manufacturing plant on <br /> US 70 in Orange County near Mebane. The Economic Development <br /> Commission, the County Engineer, and the Planning Department <br /> worked closely with them to assist them with necessary information <br /> for their land to be re-zoned, and for them to complete a site <br /> plan and obtain a building permit for a new 41, 880 square foot <br /> manufacturing facility. In November 1992, the property was re- <br /> zoned to Industrial-1 (I-1) which did not require public sewer, <br /> but having public sewer allowed a higher impervious surface limit <br /> and a better long-term solution to their manufacturing needs . The <br /> $1,500, 000 construction on site was completed in June 1993, <br /> $2 ,500, 000 in equipment was purchased and installed, and 20 new <br /> employees have been hired. <br /> Rancor, Incorporated paid for all the engineering and construction <br /> of the 2" forced main that serves their plant. Domestic waste is <br /> pumped into the Efland Sewer System. Controls on the volume of <br /> waste discharged have been implemented through the County <br /> Engineer. The pump station is privately owned and operated; the <br /> sewer lines were built to county standards and were given to the <br /> County upon inspection and testing. Because the line is a forced <br /> main, no residences along the line can tap in. <br /> (CONTINUED TO PAGE 2) <br />