Agenda - 01-22-2019 8-a - Minutes

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22 1 2 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner McKee to 3 approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. 4 5 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6 7 Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 8 9 e. Award of Blackwood Farm Park Professional Services Agreement 10 The Board considered voting to approve and authorize the Manager to execute an 11 Agreement with Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture, PLLC for park pre-construction design 12 and engineering services to secure permits, conduct engineering work, and create construction 13 drawings and specifications for bid documents for Blackwood Farm Park. 14 15 Chair Rich said she pulled this to make a point that the Board is doing what it said it 16 would do, and this is an "all women"job. 17 18 A motion was made by Chair Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve and 19 authorize the Manager to execute an Agreement with Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture, 20 PLLC for park pre-construction design and engineering services to secure permits, conduct 21 engineering work, and create construction drawings and specifications for bid documents for 22 Blackwood Farm Park. 23 24 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 25 26 g. Efland Sewer System — Transfer of Ownership to City of Mebane 27 The Board considered voting to transfer ownership of the Efland Sewer utility 28 infrastructure to the City of Mebane and authorize the Chair to sign. 29 30 h. Orange County/Orange Alamance Water System (OAWS) Efland Sewer Billing and 31 Town of Hillsborough / Orange County Efland Sewer Treatment Agreement 32 Resolution and Termination Action 33 The Board considered voting to approve a resolution recognizing two entities for 34 collaborating with Orange County and recommend actions to terminate the 1988 agreement 35 with Orange Alamance Water System (OAWS) for sewer billing and the 1987 Town of 36 Hillsborough/Orange County agreement for sewer treatment of the Efland Sewer system since 37 the City of Mebane will be assuming those roles before the end of 2018. 38 39 Commissioner Price said she pulled these two items to make sure the customers have 40 all of the information. 41 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, said the Efland sewer system transfer of ownership 42 from the Efland system that flows to Hillsborough, will eventually flow to Mebane and be part of 43 their ownership. He said the Orange Alamance Water System has been the billing agent for 44 Efland customers, and this will continue in the short term in order to accommodate a seamless 45 transfer. He said since Mebane will be the owner, the treatment costs will be funded through 46 the sewer bills. He said staff has created a brochure for customers, and this transfer has been 47 promoted for 18 months. He said another brochure is being created for those who may wish to 48 build a new house in Efland. He said item H says monies will no longer need to be sent to 49 Hillsborough for sewer treatment, as Mebane will be doing this.