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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Page 2 <br /> September 15, 1994 <br /> 3. Each Piney Mountain property owner will own the STEP <br /> system serving their home or its replacement. <br /> 4 . Orange County will apply for a High Unit Cost Grant <br /> from the Environmental Management Commission for the construction <br /> of the force main and pump station. <br /> 5 . The Piney Mountain Homeowners ' Association will fund <br /> the construction of the new force main and pump station and any <br /> needed repairs to the collection system and individual home STEP <br /> systems . <br /> 6 . Grant money will be used for the construction of the <br /> force main and pump station. <br /> 7 . OWASA will oversee the design, permitting and <br /> installation of the force main and pump station, the collection <br /> system, each existing STEP system repair or replacement and the <br /> design, permitting and installation of all new connections to the <br /> collection system. <br /> 8 . The Homeowners ' Association will deposit with the <br /> County, at the time of execution of the agreements among the <br /> County, OWASA and the Homeowners' Association, the funds <br /> estimated to be necessary to construct the force main and pump <br /> station and to correct and make the collection system operational <br /> with the new force main and pump station. <br /> 9 . The Homeowners' Association will deposit with the <br /> County the funds estimated to be necessary to repair or replace <br /> the existing STEP systems. This deposit will be made at the time <br /> the cost of these repairs or replacements is known. This cost <br /> will be determined as soon as possible and will be based on the <br /> decisions made about repair or replacement by OWASA, the <br /> Homeowners' Association and the appropriate State or County <br /> agency regulating these systems. <br /> 10. OWASA will operate the new system at no cost to Orange <br /> County and will bill the Piney Mountain Homeowners for the <br /> operation of the system. <br /> 11. Orange County will transfer ownership of the system and <br /> all other responsibility it has related to the system to OWASA as <br /> soon as that can be done consistent with High Cost Grant <br /> regulations and requirements. <br /> There are, of course, other important features of the <br /> recommended agreements . However, those listed above, in nutshell <br /> fashion, clarify the important ownership, financing and operation <br />