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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement with Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Related to the <br /> Historic Rogers Road Area Private Sewer Service Lateral Connection <br /> Installations for Qualified Low-to-Moderate-Income (LMI) Homeowners — Cost <br /> Share <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACTS: <br /> 1. Existing Interlocal Agreement Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> 2. Proposed Interlocal Agreement for 919-245-2592 <br /> Approval Consideration Christopher Sandt, Staff Engineer, <br /> 3. Map of Historic Rogers Road Area 919-245-2583 <br /> Sewer Concept (May 2012) <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of an Interlocal Agreement between Orange County, the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro to jointly fund the costs of private sewer service <br /> lateral connection installations for qualified Low-to-Moderate-Income (LMI) homeowners in the <br /> Historic Rogers Road sewer service area. <br /> BACKGROUND: The newly constructed Historic Rogers Road Area gravity sewer system is a <br /> public system owned by Orange County and operated by the Orange Water and Sewer <br /> Authority (OWASA). The general contractor for the sewer expansion project has installed <br /> approximately 108 sewer service stub-outs/clean-outs to lots within the Historic Rogers Road <br /> sewer service area. The design and construction of the Historic Rogers Road Area gravity <br /> sewer system was initiated based on the recommendations contained within the Historic Rogers <br /> Road Neighborhood Task Force Final Report dated September 17, 2013. The 67-page Report <br /> is available on-line at https://www.townofchapelhill.org/home/showdocument?id=25341. The <br /> map at Attachment 3 is from the Report and formed the basis for the gravity sewer system <br /> layout and design. The costs associated with the design and construction of the gravity sewer <br /> system were shared between Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of <br /> Carrboro as specified in an Interlocal Agreement entered into on December 13, 2016 <br /> (Attachment 1). <br /> Orange County, in partnership with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, will be providing <br /> joint funding to cover the costs of private sewer service lateral connection installations, septic <br /> tank abandonments and payments of OWASA sewer system development fees for qualified <br /> LMI homeowners of existing dwellings located on Heritage Lots within the Historic Rogers Road <br /> sewer service area. There are 62 Heritage Lots on which existing dwellings are located, but the <br /> exact number and locations of LMI qualifying households within those 62 existing dwellings is <br /> unknown at this time. The public funding for installation of private sewer service lateral <br /> connections for qualified LMI homeowners will be conducted over a three (3) year period. <br />