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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No V Z-ff- <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Sewer Bottleneck <br />DEPARTMENT Economic Development PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br />---------------- <br />ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Proposed Contract Ted Abernathy, ext 2325 <br />(Under Separate Cover) TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a contract for completion of construction that <br />will solve the sewer bottleneck which exists at the intersection of <br />NC86 /US70A and Elizabeth Brady Road. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1988, a series of meetings was held to develop an <br />agreement to eliminate a sewer bottleneck at Elizabeth Brady Road and <br />US70A. The County set aside $66,000 as its contribution to the <br />tentative agreement. After tentative agreement was reached, <br />complications delayed the improvements. Last year, the Town of <br />Hillsborough completed upgrades to the area, needed easements were <br />obtained, and several bids were obtained to determine the current cost <br />of the work, which is outlined in the proposed contract. <br />The contract, as now written, would require that construction of the <br />sewer system begin six months after execution of the contract and be <br />completed not later than twelve months after execution of the contract. <br />Orange County has requested that this time period be stepped up and <br />that construction begin within two months after execution of the <br />contract and be completed not later than eight months after execution <br />of the contract. <br />In addition to the $66,000 that has been reserved for the sewer <br />bottleneck project in the County Capital Reserve Fund, $12,000 more <br />would be required to fulfill Orange County's commitment to solving the <br />problem. The entire $78,000 project cost can be funded by an <br />appropriation from the County Capital Reserve Fund. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board <br />approve the contract, subject to County Attorney final review and <br />negotiation on the construction timetable; authorize the Chair to sign <br />the contract; and approve the appropriation of $78,000 from the County <br />Capital Reserve Fund for the sewer Bottleneck Project. <br />