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PAGE 2 <br /> In December of 1987, the Board of Commissioners set as a goal for the <br /> 1988-89 fiscal year, the adoption of the proposed Water/Sewer Policy. <br /> Objectives for accomplishing the goal were subsequently identified at a <br /> County Management Retreat in January, 1988. During the same month, the <br /> goal and objectives as well as a draft policy were introduced at an <br /> Interjurisdictional Water Seminar at the Institute of Government. <br /> The proposed Water/Sewer Policy was organized around the following five <br /> goal statements: <br /> Goal 1 - Water Supply <br /> Provide clean and safe raw water supplies to meet the current and <br /> future needs of the Orange County residents. <br /> Goal 2 - Sewage Disposal <br /> Provide adequate and appropriate sewage disposal facilities for current <br /> and future Orange County residents. <br /> Goal 3 - Urban Development <br /> Establish an urban development pattern compatible with the goal of <br /> directing urban growth to areas where it is desirable and can be <br /> practically and efficiently served by water and sewer facilities. <br /> Goal 4 - County Involvement <br /> Establish a basis for Orange County's involvement in the provision of <br /> water and sewer services and/or facilities. <br /> Goal 5 - Financial Participation <br /> Establish a basis for Orange County's participation in the financing of <br /> water and/or sewer services and facilities. <br /> Following the introduction of the draft policy at the January 1988 <br /> seminar, substantive comments were received from: <br /> Economic Development Commission <br /> Orange Water & Sewer Authority <br /> Environmental Affairs Board <br /> Town of Carrboro <br /> Town of Chapel Hill <br /> Comments were also received from the Orange-Alamance Water Corporation <br /> but were not substantive in nature. <br /> A number of concerns were expressed by agencies and/or boards <br /> responding to the draft policy. A summary of the concerns as well as <br /> statements from the Water/Sewer Policy which address the concerns is <br /> included as an attachment to_these minutes on pages <br /> The Administration would like for the meeting to be considered a <br /> "working public hearing" at which comments from individual citizens, <br /> utility providers, and municipal jurisdictions are received. The <br /> comments may then be used to further refine the draft policy. <br />