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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 06-07-2016 - 5-i - Morinaga Public Water & Sewer - Transfer of Ownership to City of Mebane 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 7, 2016 Action Agenda Item No. 5-i SUBJECT: Morinaga Public Water & Sewer - Transfer of Ownership to City of Mebane DEPARTMENT: Planning, Manager's Office, Attorney's Office ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) System Map Craig Benedict, Planning, (919) 245- 2) Utility Dedication Form 2592 Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, (919) 245-2300 John Roberts, Attorney's Office, (919) 245-2318 Howard Fleming, Jr., Planning, (919) 245-2586 PURPOSE: To consider transferring ownership of the recently constructed 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 of Mebane between Bowman & West Ten Road and the 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 Morinaga America Foods, Inc., Facility Infrastructure Improvements project was completed in July 2015 at a total project cost of $945,868. The project design was funded by Article 46 sales tax revenue; however, the construction received funding reimbursement of approximately $716,903 through a North Carolina Community Development Block Grant - Infrastructure. The improvements are 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. 2,015 linear feet (LF) of 12" PVC sewer, 1,720 LF of 12" ductile iron (DI) water, 3,830 LF of 16" DI water lines and 10 fire hydrants were installed. 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 / assets needs to be approved by the BOCC. Staff has developed a utility infrastructure dedication form for this transfer, based on previous Orange County utility transfer forms (Attachment 2). With this foresight, staff coordinated with the City of Mebane during permitting 2 and the City is already listed as the "Permittee" on the water and sewer permits obtained from the State to construct this project. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approving the transfer of utility infrastructure ownership to the City of Mebane, as the City has been maintaining both systems since completion. 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 any subsequent easement transfer documentation, as may be necessary; and 2. Authorize the Manager and staff to pursue any further actions necessary to complete the transfer of ownership to the City of Mebane per the 2012 Mebane-Orange County Utility Service Agreement. Buckhorn-Mebane EDD, Morinaga Public Water & Sewer Improvements3 I . .... - `et i �: * if Attac - :► �i11■i G�� /�� 1 in 1 ' 1 • • 41.4' ■-14 *V4 Mir - PS AtIll l■-•..r. 1014: 111:1:0110 =NW -- • rte'v '� r i - �� w, �� ----0011....0,..-,� 1 116 SI Iriv / ''-.4 =--:-#4 1 %.1-.- ..fpv .1,4c.46.:" I. VIC* I qrxraes•__r o ff L7 Mebane �1��■1 ■ Alkpao OWN , t %.- -•. 0 /*4.4i ,... : ,' : 1 .„011! I ils!"11% allitluirii ppm' _ goolimek. 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Washington St. Mebane,NC 27302 Re: Morinaga Public Water & Sewer: Transfer of Ownership to City of Mebane Dear Sirs: Orange County,North Carolina, the current owner of the subject public water and sanitary sewer lines, does hereby dedicate and convey unto the City of Mebane, its successors and assigns, all of its rights, title, easements and interest in and to the water and sewer lines constructed in accordance with plans titled "Morinaga America Foods, Inc., Facility Infrastructure Improvements",prepared by McGill Associates, record drawings dated March 24, 2016. 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 2016 ATTEST: BY: Donna S. Baker Earl McKee Clerk to the Board of County Chair, Board of County Commissioners Commissioners NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY 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. Signature of Notary Public My Commission Expires: