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I 1 An organizational assessment has been conducted and results will be reviewed with employees 2 soon. 3 4 Key activities for 2018 are completion of organization assessment and additional training for 5 OWASA staff. 6 7 Infrastructure investments 8 Capital investments, including debt payments for capital projects, account for about half of our 9 costs. In 2017, we invested about $13.6 million to renew, replace and improve our infrastructure 10 to maintain the reliability and quality of our services and the structural integrity of facilities. 11 Key accomplishments in 2017 12 • Replacement of aging water mains on parts of East Rosemary and Henderson Streets, 13 in coordination with Town of Chapel Hill street resurfacing. 14 • Substantial completion of work to replace an aging water main on Hillsborough Street 15 from East Rosemary Street to Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, again in coordination 16 with an upcoming Town roadway project. 17 • Rehabilitation of a deteriorating section of a pressurized sewer in the Hamilton Road 18 and Prestwick Road area, an extremely high priority project in that this pipe carries 19 nearly half of the wastewater flow of the entire service area. 20 • Installation of a new water main from our water storage tank on Hilltop Street to improve 21 system pressures in the Hilltop /McCauley neighborhood. 22 • Completion of needed electrical, controls, and monitoring improvements to the 23 wastewater pump station in the Piney Mountain neighborhood (off of Mt. Sinai Road) 24 • Received approval for nearly $15 million in low- interest loans from the NC Division of 25 Water Infrastructure to serve the design and construction of six capital projects. 26 27 Key projects planned in 2018 28 • Completion of rehabilitation and improvements to the wastewater pump station near 29 Cleland Drive, our largest remote wastewater pump station. 30 • Completion of an assessment at our treatment plants to identify and assess risks that 31 would prevent OWASA from providing services that meet or exceed federal, state, local 32 quality requirements. 33 • Replacement of filter media and rehabilitation and improvements to the filtration system 34 used at the Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant. 35 • Installation of and enhancements to security systems at various remote water supply 36 and storage facilities. 37 • Completion of work in the Heritage Hills Neighborhood, including replacement of water 38 mains on portions of Brandywine and Lexington Roads, and rehabilitation of sewer 39 mains and manholes throughout the neighborhood. 40 41 New System Development Fees 42 As explained in my December 18, 2017 letter (attached), the OWASA Board expects to take 43 action to lower our one -time fees for new water and sewer connections effective July 1, 2018. 44 We currently refer to these fees as Service Availability Fees. They will be called System 45 Development Fees in the future. 46 47 For single - family residences, depending on the house size, these fees will be reduced by 25- 48 36% (even more for our proposed new lower tier for small homes). For example, under current 49 rates, a new 1,300 square foot home would be charged a System Development Fee of $3,862