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2,8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS At this time, it is estimated that the total project cost to provide water service to all residents of the Rogers Road community, including all water main construction, easement acquisition, availability fees, on-site plumbing at all residential units, etc., will be in the $900,000 range. At least $550,000 of this total will be funded from the landfill budget. If the BOCC decides to finance availability fees from the landfill budget, then approximately $650,000 will be publicly funded. The BOCC may decide to fund another $200,000 or more in the form of giants or low interest loans to pay individual homeowner's costs associated with on-site plumbing requirements. As outlined above, the project is-on schedule for water main construction to be completed early in June 2001. However, to meet that schedule, all utility easements must have been acquired by March 1, 2000 or thereabouts. Soon afterward the June water main construction completion, the process of connecting individual homes to the system by installing individual water meters and completing on-site plumbing construction and repair can begin. In the meantime, the BOCC must determine if and how it wishes to fund those costs beyond the initial costs of constructing the water mains. This is necessary both from a standpoint of creating a County budget for FY 2001-2001 and of informing and reassuring members of the Rogers Road community as to the County's overall intent in terms of addressing the overall costs of the project. In accordance with the need to resolve these issues, staff recommends that the BOCC: 1) authorize OWASA to begin acquiring all necessary easements across private property and negotiating the price, if any, for those easements; 2) authorize County staff to pay OWASA availability fees from landfill funds; and ` 3) direct staff to begin the standard CDBG process of identifying home improvement needs as well as determining whether households meet low and moderate income criteria to determine which structures in the Rogers Road community need internal plumbing improvements and which households should receive public assistance (grants or loans) for constructing service lines and plumbing upgrades. I understand that the Solid Waste Advisory Board will begin consideration at their December 14 meeting of the financing questions related to completion of the Rogers Road water line project. Guidance from the BOCC will be needed on these matters next Spring following the Board's receipt of input from the SWAB. If I may provide additional information at this time, please advise.