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F" 18 <br /> Section 8■ Conclusions and Recommendations <br /> ■ Construct the pump station and force main to convey only near-term wastewater flows,with <br /> the understanding that both will need to be upgraded in the future.This option will cost <br /> significantly more money for the County over the lifetime of the project,but have a lower initial <br /> capital cost.Additional modeling and engineering evaluation will be required to determine <br /> where and how much wastewater flow can be discharged in the City's system and what the <br /> required infrastructure will be. <br /> �G 8.3 Recommendations <br /> The County has included approximately$1,500,000 in their Capital Improvement Program to fund <br /> 1 design and construction of water and wastewater improvements in the Eno EDD.Based on the cost <br /> estimates presented in Tables 8-2 and 8-3,there is not currently enough funding available to construct <br /> the recommended wastewater infrastructure for either wastewater flow scenario. Therefore,the <br /> County will have to consider alternatives in order for this project to continue to move forward, <br /> C possibly in addition to the cost reduction options presented in Section 8.2.Based on discussions with <br /> County and.City staff,the following alternatives may be considered. <br /> 8.3.1 Alternatives <br /> Alternative 1—Design and Construction of Improvements <br /> This alternative includes continuous design,permitting,bidding,and construction of the <br /> recommended improvements.In order for this alternative to move forward,Orange County will be <br /> r required to reallocate funds to increase their available budget from$1,500,000 to the desired scenario <br /> estimate,presented in Tables 8-2 and 8-3.If design of the improvements were to begin in early 2014, <br /> construction would be estimated to start in early 2015. <br /> Alternative 2—Full Design of Improvements <br /> This alternative includes development of a complete design package.Acquisition of any necessary <br /> permanent easements should also be included in this alternative.Permitting,bidding,and <br /> construction will be put on hold until additional funding can be secured.The permitting is put on hold <br /> because permit approvals have limited durations and could expire before construction funding is <br /> secured.This alternative will allow the County to make use of most of their currently available funds <br /> to keep the project moving forward so that once the additional funding is made available,the project <br /> can more quickly advance into permitting,bidding,and construction.Based on the cost presented in <br /> Table 8-2,the full design is expected to cost less than$1,130,000. The cost will be less since <br /> permitting would not be included in this phase. <br /> Alternative 3—Preliminary Design of Improvements <br /> This alternative includes development of preliminary design documents,which are assumed to be <br /> around the 50 percent design stage.Final design,permitting,bidding,and construction will be put on <br /> hold until additional funding can be secured.This alternative will allow the County to make use of <br /> some of their available funding to keep the project moving forward so that once the additional funding <br /> is made available,the project can more quickly advance. <br /> The preliminary design is expected to include an additional data collection effort;which would include <br /> survey and geotechnical investigation,followed by development of preliminary design drawings and <br /> key technical specifications.Additional work could also be included such as preliminary coordination <br /> with regulatory agencies anal public outreach.Land acquisition for the proposed pump station could <br /> Writ" 8-5 <br />