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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-18-2014 - 7bORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 18, 2014 Action Agenda Item No. 7 -b 1 SUBJECT: Buckhorn- Mebane Phase 2 Utilities —Transfer of Ownership to City of Mebane DEPARTMENT: Planning, Manager's Office, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No Attorney's Office ATTACHMENT(S): 1) System Map 2) Utility Dedication Form INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Planning, (919) 245- 2592 Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager (919) 245 -2300 John Roberts, Attorney's Office, (919) 245 -2318 Kevin Lindley, Planning, (919) 245 -2583 PURPOSE: To consider transferring ownership of the recently built Buckhorn- Mebane Phase 2 water and sewer utility infrastructure to the City of Mebane. BACKGROUND: The County has a Utility Service Agreement (signed in 2004, expanded in 2012) with Mebane for provision of water and sewer utility service in the area east of the city and along the interstate and Highway 70 corridor. In the agreement, Orange County agrees to turn over ownership and operation of any utility infrastructure built in the agreement's designated service area to the City of Mebane. In this sense, the County is acting as a developer of this designated growth area, building a framework of water and sewer infrastructure from which future development can grow. The Buckhorn- Mebane Phase 2 Utility project was completed in September 2014 at a total project cost of approximately $5.1 million. The project was funded by Article 46 Sales Tax Revenue and is intended to provide a backbone of water and sewer infrastructure for an area that has been designated for development for many years but had no utility infrastructure readily available. Before the project was complete, the Morinaga Corporation announced it would be locating a candy production plant in an area which flows to a portion of gravity sewer line constructed as part of this project. Additionally, the water line for this project has already been put into service providing a loop through the Buckhorn development area which increases available water volume and pressure. A map of the project is shown in Attachment 1. The next step is to transfer ownership to the City of Mebane. The water and sewer infrastructure installed by the County as part of this project and the associated easements are the property of the County. Per the interlocal agreement, this property must be transferred to the ownership of the City of Mebane. This transfer of property needs to be approved by the BOCC. Staff has developed a utility infrastructure dedication form for this transfer, based on a form used to transfer utilities on a previous project to Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) (Attachment 2). Once the ownership transfer has been approved, County staff will apply for an ownership change on the water and sewer permits obtained from the State to construct this project. The dedication form will be part of the documentation needed for the State to approve an ownership change in their records. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approving the transfer of utility infrastructure ownership to the City of Mebane. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1. Approve the transfer of ownership of the utility infrastructure and easements to the City of Mebane and authorize the Chair to sign the Dedication Form (Attachment 2); and 2. Authorize staff to pursue any further action necessary to complete the transfer of ownership to the City of Mebane, per the 2012 Mebane - Orange County Utility Service Agreement. Buckhorn- Mebane EDD Phase 2 Water & Sewer Improvements s Attachment 2 Water and Sewer Utility Dedication Buckhorn- Mebane EDD Phase 2 Water and Sewer Utilities Orange County, North Carolina, the current owner of the public sanitary sewer line, does hereby dedicate and convey unto the City of Mebane, its successors and assigns, all of its right, title and interest in and to the water and sewer lines constructed in accordance with plans titled "Buckhorn- Mebane EDD Phase 2 Water and Sewer Improvements" prepared by Hobbs Upchurch Associates, dated IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this letter is executed by the duly authorized officers of Orange County, North Carolina and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, on the day, month of in the year ATTEST: Donna S. Baker Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY IC Barry Jacobs Chair, Board of County Commissioners I , a Notary Public, hereby certify that personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged that she is the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners for Orange County, NC, a government entity, and that by authority duly given as the act of the Board of County Commissioners, the foregoing instrument was signed in its name by its Chair, sealed with its corporate seal, and attested as its Clerk. My Commission Expires: Signature of Notary Public Acceptance by City of Mebane The City of Mebane accepts the foregoing improvements and /or utilities for public ownership and maintenance, effective day of , 2014. ATTEST: City Clerk NORTH CAROLINA IC Mayor, City of Mebane M COUNTY I , a Notary Public, hereby certify that personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged that she is the City Clerk for the City of Mebane, a government entity, and that by authority duly given as the act of the City Council, the foregoing instrument was signed in its name by its Mayor, sealed with its corporate seal, and attested as its Clerk. Signature of Notary Public My Commission Expires: