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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 2, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ~_~ SUBJECT: Northern Human Services Center (NHSC) Wastewater Treatment System Alternatives DEPARTMENT: Health, County Manager ATTACHMENT(S): Consultant's Report & Timeline (Attachment A) County Staff Report (Attachment B) Chart Summarizing Design Options (Attachment C) PUBLIC HEARING: (Y!N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Holdway, Env, Health Director, ext 2360 Tom Konsler, Env. Health Supervisor, ext 2360 Paul Thames, County Engineer, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To provide the BOCC with information on design options and projected costs for a wastewater treatment system serving the County's Northern Human Services Center (NHSC). BACKGROUND: Far a number of years, Orange County has been working to maximize the use of the NHSC, To date, that use has been limited largely by the capacity of the existing on- site wastewater treatment system, To this end, Board directed staff to begin steps to acquire additional nearby property (Vincent tract located directly across NC 86 from the NHSC) for the siting of components for an expanded on-site wastewater treatment system (primarily a nitrification field). This turned out to be, given complications due to multiple heirs, a longer than usual process culminating with clear title to the County in early 2004. Meanwhile the Board, given its interest in studying the use of alternative ornon-traditional treatment systems in this project, approved a contract with Innovative Design (architectural consultant) on December 9, 2003. Innovative Design was authorized to conduct a feasibility analysis of sustainable design elements at the NHSC and to design an expanded capacity (up to 6000 gallon per day [gpd]) wastewater treatment system for the NHSC,