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Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA). The Agreement contemplates the possible extension of water and sewer service into the Rural Buffer to serve essential public facilities, but does not specify the process far doing so, Therefore, the Attorney and staff recommend that the Board indicate to the other partners to the Agreement, by means of the accompanying resolution, the Board's intention to connect the new building to OWASA water and sewer under the provisions of the agreement that authorize such service extensions for essential public facilities. Elsewhere on this May 17 agenda, the BOCC will consider authorizing design of a force main and gravity sewer connection from Landfill property to the OWASA sanitary sewer system to eliminate the need to pump and haul landfill leachate. If that system is approved, a sewer connection from the new pump station to the Solid Waste Operations Center could be designed into the Rural Buffer entirely across County owned property (as reflected on the accompanying aerial photograph of the landfill area), OWASA water is already provided to the Landfill, and could likewise be extended into the Rural Buffer across County property to serve the new Operations Center, Therefore, the contemplated utility extensions could be constructed so as not to promote development of other properties in the Rural Buffer. If the Board approves the accompanying Resolution, staff will transmit the Resolution to the Towns and OWASA so that the respective governing boards can provide comments, if any. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial cost associated with the approval of this resolution. The April 19, 2005 approved architect's cost proposal for the Operations Center project design fees assumes that the County will connect to nearby OWASA water and sewer lines, If the County were to pursue an onsite septic system design, the quoted fee would increase by $1,500 to $126,300. Staff assume that design fees would be unaffected by a decision to use a well instead of connecting to OWASA water, While the Operations Center has not yet been designed and a specific project budget has not been formally established by the BOCC, staff have been using a preliminary working assumption of a building design and construction budget on the order of $1 million (which would be financed through the Solid Waste/Landfill Enterprise Fund). If the Board determines that it would like to proceed with connecting the new facility to the OWASA water and sewer systems, staff assume that the water extension will approximately equal the cost of using a water well. Preliminary engineering estimates are that construction of the sewer extension from the new pump station mentioned above to the new Operations Center would be in the range of $175,000 - $200,000 (that amount would also be financed through the Enterprise Fund), RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adapt the accompanying resolution of intent and distribute it for comment to the governing boards of the other parties to the Water & Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement.