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K3 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: County Commissioners <br />John Link. County Manager <br />FROM: Paul Thames, County Engineer <br />DATE: October 1, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Expansion of the Efland Sewer System <br />This memorandum is in response to your request for <br />information on the costs for expansions to the Efland sewer <br />system. In this report, reference is made to phasing of <br />construction.of the system as laid out in engineering reports <br />by the J R MacAdams Company and by Hazen and Sawyer. A map <br />of Efland showing the sewer construction phases, which have <br />been color coded, is attached for your convenience. Please <br />note that the color coded phases are the development phases <br />as conceived by Hazen and Sawyer. However. the Hazen and <br />Sawyer map is a modification of the MacAdams map. As the <br />original phases are delineated by very heavy dashed lines <br />which were crossed out by Hazen and Sawyer, it is quite easy <br />to see the limits and boundaries of the original phases. <br />HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE <br />The history of the Efland sewer project is a very important . <br />element of this report. The financial performance of the <br />existing sewer system will have an impact on the financial <br />performance of an expanded system and the ability of the <br />expanded system to be able to generate sufficient revenue to <br />be self sufficient. <br />In 1984, Orange-County became aware of the need for a sewer <br />collection system in the Efland area to serve the many <br />residents of Efland Estates who had failing septic systems <br />and the Efland - Cheeks Elementary School which had a failing <br />package waste treatment plant. The County commissioned the <br />MacAdams Company to perform an engineering study to determine <br />how the area could be sewered and estimate construction <br />costs, sewer revenues. funding and grant sources, etc. By <br />the time the study had been completed. the County had <br />determined that the financial feasibility of Phase I <br />development was dependent on having at least 179 paying sewer <br />customers being served by that phase. To that end. the <br />County began a process. using staff and community resources, <br />to convince at least 179 residents of the area which would be <br />