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001 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 10, 1988 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 13-1 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED WATER/SEWER POLICY <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: K Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Synopsis of Comments Planning Director - Ext. 346 <br /> Revised Draft -- Proposed <br /> Water & Sewer Policy <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comments on a proposed Water/Sewer <br /> Policy for Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: In December of 1987, the Board of Commissioners set as <br /> a goal for the 1988-89 fiscal year, the adoption of the <br /> proposed Water/Sewer Policy. Objectives for <br /> accomplishing the goal were subsequently identified at <br /> a County Management Retreat in January, 1988. During <br /> the same month, the goal and objectives as well as a <br /> draft policy were introduced at an Interjurisdictional <br /> Water Seminar at the Institute of Government. <br /> The proposed Water/Sewer Policy was organized around <br /> the following five goal statements : <br /> Goal 1 - Water Supply <br /> Provide clean and safe raw water supplies available and <br /> adequate to meet the current and future needs of the <br /> Orange County residents. <br /> Goal 2 - Sewage Disposal <br /> Provide adequate and appropriate sewage disposal <br /> facilities for current and future Orange County <br /> residents. <br />