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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 12, 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-k <br /> SUBJECT: Construction Contract with HGS, LLC T/A RES Environmental Operating <br /> Company, LLC for the Gravelly Hill Middle School (GHMS) Stormwater Wetland <br /> Retrofit Project <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. DRAFT Construction Agreement Over Christopher Sandt, County Engineer, <br /> $250,000 — GHMS Wetland Retrofit Project 919-245-2583 <br /> 2. Bid Tabulation — ITB 367-005395 Cy Stober, Planning Director, 919- <br /> 245-2585 <br /> Wesley Poole, Water Resources <br /> Coordinator, 919-245-2513 <br /> David Stancil, Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks and Recreation <br /> Director, 919-245-2522 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a construction contract in the amount of$286,820.84 with HGS, LLC T/A <br /> RES Environmental Operating Company, LLC for the Gravelly Hill Middle School Stormwater <br /> Wetland Retrofit Project. <br /> BACKGROUND: Gravelly Hill Middle School (GHMS) is located at 4801 West Ten Road in <br /> Efland, North Carolina (PIN 9844057652). Orange County Schools (OCS) operates and <br /> maintains the middle school and all of the associated buildings and infrastructure located on the <br /> school site. OCS leases the Gravelly Hill Middle School site from Orange County. Orange County <br /> is the owner of the property and will serve as the Project Manager for the proposed Gravelly Hill <br /> Middle School Stormwater Wetland Retrofit Project (hereafter `the Project'). <br /> Orange County is a member of the Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA), a regional <br /> partnership consisting of local governments, regulators, and environmental advocacy groups <br /> created in 1996 to help improve and preserve the water quality of the Upper Neuse River Basin. <br /> In 2021, the Board of the UNRBA voted unanimously to move forward with an Interim Alternative <br /> Implementation Approach (IAIA) to invest a combined $1.5 million each year in water quality <br /> projects and activities to reduce nutrient contribution from urbanized land located in the 770- <br /> square-mile Falls Lake watershed. The IAIA is intended to help local governments that are <br /> regulated under the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy comply with Stage I Existing <br /> Development requirements (Falls Lake Existing Development Rule) and help improve Falls Lake's <br /> long-term ability to provide safe drinking water, wildlife habitat, and recreation. Orange County <br /> has committed to investing funds each fiscal year to design and construct stormwater <br /> management improvements for existing developments located on Orange County-owned <br /> properties. These stormwater management improvements include the incorporation of newly <br />