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poor Hite. i err f' 76-51.4-er JULY A 1988 - PUBLIC HEARING Growth Management continues to be a priority issue for the citizens of Orange County and for the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Among other things growth management means guiding and accommodating growth in such a manner as to minimize the cost of delivering governmental services and can minimize environmental impacts. The growth pressures on Central Orange County will increase dramatically with the completion of 1-40. In the absence of significant public water supplies or a long range water management strategy we should expect to see the new growth rely primarily on wells and septic tanks which are not compatible to our growth management goals. The County needs to take the leadership in insuring that public water supplies will be available in the future. The first step should be to establish a fund for acquisition of land for future reservoirs and to complete the water management plan for ' Central Orange County. Placing the one million dollar reservoir land acquisition question before the voters of Orange County will be a positive step toward the long range solution to the water supply problem plaguing Central Orange County. it is not a commitment to use General Fund revenues to finance reservoir construction but it is a commitment to attempt to preserve land in strategic locations so that reservoirs may bebuilt in the future. There are many issues that must be resolved before a reservoir can be built but there is no question for the need to preserve land now. The only sure way to do that is for the county to be in a position to acquire land as it comes on the market in the strategic areas. Establishment of a one million dollar reservoir land acquisition fund will be a step toward that need. Commissioner Don Willhoit