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3 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Qrange County Board of Commissioners <br />COPIES: John Link, County Manager <br />Rod Visser, Assistant County Manager <br />Donna Dean, Budget Director <br />Pam Jones, Purchasing/Central Services Director <br />FROM: Paul Thames, PE, County Engineer <br />DATE: February 14, 2006 <br />SUBJECT: West Ten Middle School/Buckhorn EDD-Community Utility Extension <br />Project Issues Leading to Potential Delays in Project Completion <br />The purpose of this memorandum is update you on two issues that represent a high <br />probability far causing significant delays -beyond the projected Augtast 2006 opening of <br />the Gravelly Hill Middle School - in the completion of the Buckhorn EDD/Community water <br />and sewer extension project. 1've also outlined a possible strategy for addressing these, <br />These two issues are: <br />Possible required infrastructure upgrades to the Gity of Mebane's existing <br />wastewater utility infrastructure and <br />Delays in the NC Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, <br />Construction Loans and Grants section reviews, <br />1, Possible Required City of Mebane Infrastructure Upgrades <br />The Construction Loans and Grants Section (CLGS, of the NC Division of Water <br />Quality, State DENR is the regulatory/review agency charged with permitting projects <br />funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) State and Tribal Grant Assistance <br />(STAG) grants. CLGS has ruled that the City of Mebane's existing wastewater utility <br />infrastructure has insufficient capacity to accept a~ additional wastewater flow This <br />includes flow from the Buckhorn EDD/Community project. <br />Specifically this infrastructure is the Industrial Drive wastewater pumping station and <br />the gravity sewer lines where the pumping station force main discharges. Attachment 1 <br />shows a partial layout of Mebane's existing pumping and collection system with the <br />affected facilities identified. <br />On January 30 during an informal meeting involving the Chair, Vice-Chair and staff <br />from the County and the Mayor, one council representative and staff from Mebane, the <br />CLGS concerns were discussed. At that time, Mebane officials said with assurance that <br />the City would address the CLGS comments as necessary to resolve that issue. <br />