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2 The BOCC has historically been aware of and concerned with: 1) utility extension issues as they relate to potential public health impacts in unsewered urbanized areas; and 2) utility assessment related cost concerns as they apply to affordable housing opportunities in Orange County. Accordingly, the BOCC has encouraged OWASA to work with the Health Department to identify and prioritize azeas within its service azea which might benefit most from extension of public water and/or sewer utilities. Likewise the BOCC has indicated its opinion that OWASA's purchase, sale and service agreements with its primary customers and constituent governments provide adequate flexibility to allow a reasonable sharing of costs among all of those which benefit from public health and water quality protection activities. In general, the BOCC has considered utility extension and assessment policy as a component of a more comprehensive set of utility issues that include growth implications of utility availability, equitable funding of all aspects of utility service and the public health implications of long term use of on-site utility service strategies. County Commissioners have also expressed a concern that OWASA and those entities and citizens served by OWASA may have an incomplete understanding of the County's role in addressing many of these lazger issues. The attached draft letter and its appendices attempt to provide some general guidance to OWASA in regard to its specific utility extension and assessment issues and to provide information on the County's specific role in the lazger set of utility issues, concerns and strategies. RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the BOCC review the attached draft letter providing input to OWASA, revise the letter as necessary to accurately reflect its convictions, direct staff to make the necessary revisions and authorize the Chair to sign the revised letter on behalf of the BOCC.