NC0024244_SOC WQ S19-007 Quarterly Report 1Q - 2023_20230113

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Good afternoon Andrew and Roberto —
Attached is the quarterly report for 1Q 2023 for the Albemarle SOC.
Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional information.
Thanks,
Rob
ROB MCINTYRE, P.E.
LKC Engineering, PLLC
140 Aqua Shed Court
Aberdeen, NC 28315
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January 13, 2023
Mr. Andrew Pitner
Assistant Regional Supervisor, Mooresville
NCDEQ— Division of Water Resources
610 E Center Avenue, Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 281115
Re: Quarterly Report — First Quarter 2023
SOC WQ 519-007
Dear Mr. Pitner:
On behalf of Albemarle, please accept this as a Quarterly Report for the subject Special Order by Consent.
Below is a brief update on the SOC and associated projects:
1. Albemarle received funding through the Division of Water Infrastructure for $16,453,000 in
funding for a major renovation to the Long Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary
objective of the project is to transition the aeration process from the floating aerators over to
diffused aeration. The project would also provide for 8,000,000 gallons of flow equalization
volume to manage peak flow events.
2. The Engineering Report was submitted to the NCDEQ Wastewater Projects Unit on August 25,
2021.
3. A Request for Additional Information was received on November 9th, 2021.
4. The revised Engineering Report was submitted back to the Division of Water Infrastructure on
December 8th, 2021.
5. The project cost has increased to $19,385,000. This was presented to the Albemarle City Council
in December of 2021 and Council re -affirmed their commitment to the project.
6. The Final Engineering Report was submitted on April 18th, 2022. We received a verbal and email
approval on August 8th, 2022. A hardcopy and electronic copy of the Engineering Report was
delivered to the Division of Water Infrastructure on August 10tn
7. On June 22, 2022, the City submitted a revised SOC application with new proposed milestone
completion dates. These dates reflect the scope and timeline of the proposed improvements at
the WWTP, project CS370522-08.
8. The City is under contract with LKC Engineering to complete the design of the proposed upgrades
at the Long Creek WWTP. Survey has been completed and design is underway on the upgrades
LCWWTP.
9. Albemarle's Council voted to utilize all funds obligated under CS370522-07 on gravity sewer
rehabilitation. The Phase 3 project includes an investment of $6,156,000 on the rehabilitation of
24", 18", 12", and 8" gravity sewer along two major outfalls that are known sources of inflow and
infiltration.
10. The project CS370522-07 is currently in the design phase and will be submitted to DWI for review
February 2022. The project is expected to begin construction in the Summer of 2022 and take
approximately nine months to complete.
LKC Engineering, PLLC, 140 Aqua Shed Court, Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315
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11. The project design package for project CS370522-07 was submitted to DWI in early February. DWI
completed its review and provided comments on April 15T, 2022. Final design package was
submitted on July 7th. We received Plans and Specifications Funding Approval from NCDWI on
July 12th
12. On June 22, 2022, the City submitted a revised SOC application with new proposed milestone
completion dates.
13. Project bids were received on November 8th, 2022. Three bids were received with Dellinger, Inc.
being the apparent low bidder with the amount of $6,743,210. The City would like to move
forward with completing the entire scope of the project according to the bid documents. The City
has preliminary received approval from the Division of Water Infrastructure to request additional
loan funds ($1,548,210) to complete the project. Since the request in additional funds is greater
than 10% of the original loan amount ($6,156,000), the City will need to go back through the LGC
process to secure the additional funds. The request for additional funding will need to first be
approved by the City Council at its next meeting on January 23rd, 2023 before requesting to be on
LGC's meeting agenda on March 7, 2023. Once LGC approves the additional funds, the City will
move forward with awarding the contract. Construction is expected to begin in early summer of
2023.
If you have any questions, or if we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone
at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].
Best,
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Jbhn R. McIntyre, P.E.