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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. ~ _ p SUBJECT: Contract Approval for Topographic Survey for Northern Human Services Center Park DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Conservation ATTACHMENT(S): Survey Proposal INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Stancil„ 245-2590 Pam Jones, 245-2652 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To award a contract for professional services associated with a topographic survey of the property planned for the Northern Human Services Center Park. BACKGROUND: On June 3, the Board approved a process for the creation of a master plan for Northern Human Services Center Park. In order to design the park infrastructure and facilities, the County needs the property surveyed to provide the topographic mapping (one- foot contours) and location data (structures, streams, specimen trees). Orange County solicited proposals from 9 local surveyors and received 4 responses. Selection criteria included, but were not limited to, the quality of the proposal, technical capabilities, and previous experience in performing survey work for the County. The selection committee chose Landmark Surveying, Inc. to perform the needed services for an estimated cost of $39,675. County policy requires Board approval for expenditures with licensed professionals, specifically architects, engineers and surveyors. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The projected cost of the survey is $39,675. With approximately 20 percent of the survey work relating to the Northern Human Services Center wastewater system, staff recommends that the total cost of the work be prorated between the park project and the facility renovation project. It should be noted that all of the proposed survey work is necessary regardless of any outcomes related to wastewater treatment on the