HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1995-022 Resolution Accepting the Offer of a High Unit Cost Grant from the State Clean Water Revolving Loan and Grant Program for the Construction of a Pump Station and Force Main to Serve the Piney Mountain Subdivision - IX-D - 5-16-95 4
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE OFFER OF A HIGH UNIT COST GRANT FROM
THE STATE CLEAN WATER REVOLVING LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM
FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMP STATION AND FORCE MAIN
TO SERVE THE PINEY MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the Piney Mountain
Subdivision' s on-site wastewater treatment system has failed and that
the sole remedy is the construction of a sewerage pumping station and
force main which will connect the STEP and collection systems serving
the subdivision to the collection system owned and operated by the City
of Durham; and
WHEREAS, Orange County, Orange Water and Sewer Authority and the
Piney Mountain Homeowners Association have entered into a series of
agreements governing the financing, construction, operation and use of
the collection system, pump station and force main; and
WHEREAS, Orange Water and Sewer Authority and the City of Durham
have entered into an agreement permitting the City to receive
wastewater from the Piney Mountain Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, Orange County, on March 31, 1994, submitted an
application for a High Unit Cost Grant from the State Clean Water
Revolving Loan and Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the NC Environmental Management Commission, in September
1994, did allocate $88,500 in High Unit Cost Grant funds for the
construction of a wastewater pumping station and force main to serve
the Piney Mountain subdivision; and
WHEREAS, Orange Water and Sewer Authority has advertised bidding,
accepted bids, awarded a bid, given notice to proceed and supervised
the execution of the contractual construction activities necessary to
build a wastewater pumping station and force main; and
WHEREAS, the property owners in the Piney Mountain subdivision,
though the Piney Mountain Homeowners Association, have collected and
deposited with Orange County some $348,850 to fund the construction of
the wastewater pumping station and force main; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has created a project account with the
funds provided by the Piney Mountain Homeowners Association and has
either expended, encumbered or been invoiced for approximately $290,000
from the Piney Mountain project account for engineering, administration
or construction related expenses; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and OWASA staff have identified additional
construction, engineering and administrative expenditures, beyond those
have already been expended, encumbered, etc. , which are necessary to
achieve a fully functional wastewater treatment system and which are in
excess of the funds currently on hand; and
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WHEREAS, the NC Division of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources has formally offered Orange County the $88,500 High Unit Cost
Grant which was allocated to Orange County by the NC Environmental
Management Commission in September 1994; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and OWASA staff have evaluated the standard
terms and conditions, as contained within the grant offer document, for
award of the grant funds and have concluded that the County, with the
assistance of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, can comply with
said terms and conditions as modified.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County does
hereby reaffirm that the County Manager, John M. Link, Jr. , is the
individual authorized by the Board to accept grant funds on behalf of
the County and execute the all necessary documents and grant
reimbursement requests; and
2. That the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County does
hereby specifically give assurance to the NC Environmental Management
Commission and the NC Division of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources that Orange County will adhere to the fifteen conditions
outlined in Section II of the grant offer document, except as to the
assurance made in item F, where Orange County assures that the duly
authorized representative of the State has had and will have access to
the work whenever it is in preparation or progress, and that the
contractor has and will provide proper facilities for such access and
inspection; and
3. The Board of County Commissions of Orange County does hereby
gratefully accept the $88,500 in High Unit Cost Grant funds from the
State Clean Water Revolving Loan and Grant Program.
Adopted this 16th day of May, 1995.
41 V Moses Carey, Chair
ATTEST:
everly B ythe, Clerk,-to the Board