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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ r~ <br />SUBJECT: A Resolution Initiating the Project to Expand the 1997 Efland Sewer Bond Area <br />System and to Extend Water and Sewer Utilities to Serve the Buckhorn EDD <br />Area and Community <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution with Attachment A <br />Outline of Issues (Siting of Orange County <br />Middle School #3) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rod Visser, Asst. County Manager <br />Paul Thames, Co. Engineer, ext 2300 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Dianne Reid, Economic Dev. Director <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide for BOCC approval, a resolution authorizing staff to: <br />1. officially begin the RFP process for expanding the remaining part of the 1997 Efland Sewer <br />Bond and Buckhorn Economic Development District (EDD) utility systems, and <br />2. begin the negotiation process with the City of Mebane to become the water & sewer system <br />utility for the Buckhorn EDD. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />A. Introduction: <br />The Efland Cheeks and Buckhorn areas are small, unincorporated villages and neighborhoods <br />located within the I-85/I-40 between the Town of Hillsborough and the City of Mebane. This <br />area under Orange County's planning jurisdiction has been the subject of various infrastructure, <br />small area plans and economic development district plans, at different times, since 1984. <br />These various studies have produced to a certain degree a mixture of goals that could be <br />integrated better to improve the comprehensive and orderly development and upgrading of <br />services in the area. <br />What follows is a topical background of the various facets of study in the past and upcoming <br />activities to plan for the future. <br />B. Sewer Service History G. Land Use and Potential Annexation Issues <br />C. EDD H. Sewer Service Implementation <br />D. 1997 Efland Sewer Bond I. <br />E. 2002 EPA Grant <br />F. Sewer Service and Grant Challenges <br />1. Funding System <br />2. Orange County Middle School #3 <br />3. Timing <br />4. Sewer Service Alternatives <br />and Efland Sewer Operations <br />Conclusion <br />