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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 4, 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-h <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of a Professional Services Contract with BGE, Inc. for the Lake Orange <br /> Perimeter Survey <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. DRAFT Professional Services Agreement— Christopher Sandt, County Engineer, <br /> Lake Orange Perimeter Survey 919-245-2583 <br /> 2. FY 2023-33 CIP Summary — Lake Orange Cy Stober, Director, 919-245-2585 <br /> Dam Rehabilitation <br /> 3. Scope of Services — Lake Orange Perimeter <br /> Survey <br /> 4. Letter of Recommendation — RFQ 367- <br /> 005385 - Lake Orange Perimeter Survey <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the approval of a professional services contract (Attachment 1) in the <br /> amount of $108,000 with BGE, Inc. for the Lake Orange Perimeter Survey project (hereafter <br /> referred to as the "Project"). <br /> BACKGROUND: Lake Orange is a 150-acre surface water reservoir owned and operated by <br /> Orange County and located approximately six miles north of downtown Hillsborough. Orange <br /> County owns the property under Lake Orange up to an elevation of 615-ft. mean sea level (MSL), <br /> which is the normal pool elevation of the lake. Lake Orange, Inc., a private development <br /> corporation, owns the recreational rights to the surface of the lake and some of the land around <br /> the lake. Orange County also holds the rights to a flood easement across all of the property <br /> around Lake Orange between the 615-ft. and 620-ft. MSL elevations. The deed for Lake Orange <br /> is recorded in Book 212, Pages 362-365 of the Orange County Register of Deeds. <br /> Lake Orange was constructed in the late 1960s via a 40-foot tall earthen dam and concrete <br /> spillway across the east fork of the Eno River. Lake Orange was built to serve as a source of <br /> water supply for local communities and Orange County residents. The primary purpose of the <br /> lake is public water supply for downstream users. Secondary purposes of the lake include various <br /> recreational uses by Lake Orange, Inc., which in turn leases via lake access permits. Lake <br /> Orange provides critical redundancy to regional water supply and provides year-round water flow <br /> to the east fork of the Eno River during extended dry periods. Lake Orange serves as a partial <br /> water supply to Orange Alamance Water System (OAWS) and Resco Products, Inc. (formerly <br /> Piedmont Minerals). It is also a partial water supply for the run-of-river operation of the West Point <br /> Grist Mill and helps to ensure swimmable and fishable conditions within the West Point on the <br /> Eno City Park, owned and operated by the City of Durham. Although the Town of Hillsborough <br /> (Town) owns and operates the West Fork of the Eno Reservoir (WFER) as its primary water <br /> supply, Lake Orange is a direct back-up water supply for the Town. Lake Orange is also a back- <br />