Chatham County, NC - File #: 20-3438

• File #: 20-3438
• Version: 1
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/3/2020
• In control: County Manager's Office
• On agenda: 3/16/2020
• Final action: 3/16/2020
• Title: Vote on a request to approve the Interlocal Agreement establishing terms and conditions for financial assistance to the Town of Siler City's Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project and authorizing the County Manager to execute the same
• Indexes: Comp Plan Goal 3: Promote a compact growth pattern by developing in and near existing towns, communities, and in designated, well planned, walkable, mixed use centers., Comp Plan Goal 4: Diversify the tax base and generate more high-quality, in-county jobs to reduce dependence on residential property taxes, create economic opportunity and reduce out-commuting., Comp Plan Goal 5: Conserve natural resources.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/16/2020	1	Board of Commissioners	approved	Pass

Title
Vote on a request to approve the Interlocal Agreement establishing terms and conditions for financial assistance to the Town of Siler City's Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project and authorizing the County Manager to execute the same

Abstract
Action Requested: Vote on a request to approve the Interlocal Agreement establishing terms and conditions for financial assistance to the Town of Siler City's Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project and authorizing the County Manager to execute the same

Introduction & Background: The adopted FY 2018 Chatham County Operating Budget allocated $750,000 to the Town of Siler City as financial assistance to a multimillion dollar improvement project to the Siler City Wastewater Treatment Plant. This allocation of funding has since remained intact. As the Town anticipates near-term movement on this project, Siler City has worked with the County to define the process by which these funds will be issued to the Town and further defined expectations related to the release of the same. The purpose of this Interlocal Agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions between Siler City and Chatham for funding assistance in the amount of $750,000 from Chatham to Siler City, for the cost of the project, from preliminary engineering through completion of the project. Both physical and process modifications are incorporated into the Siler City Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project, which is comprised of two distinct phases. Phase 1, or "Nutrient Reduction," makes various capital improvements to the Plant for the removal of nutrients from the treated wastewater stream prior to its discharge point to the receiving waters of the Plant's treated effluent product. Phase 2, or "Capacity Expansion and Nutrient Reduction," makes capital improvements to the Plant that will increase the daily treatment capacity of the Plant by at least two million gallons per day and further reduce the nutrient loading from th...