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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Dale: October 1, 2001 <br />Action ABentla <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Rop ers Road Neighborhood Public Water Supply Prpiect <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ~NO_ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />6/18101 Memo hom SWAB Chair INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Gayle Wilson 988-2BB5 <br />9!1/01 County AHomey Letter <br />(antler separefe cover) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough T32-6181 <br /> Chapel Hill 868-0381 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To review rewmmendations from the Solitl Waste Advisory BoaN (SWAB) antl <br />discuss options for [he possible funding of public water services beycntl water main installation. <br />BACKGROUND: Based cn direction from the County Commissioners, the Solid Waste <br />Advisory Board undedook during the frst half of 2001 the task of developing recommendations <br />regarding funding of subsequent elements of the Rogers Road Nelghborhootl wateriine project. <br />The Boartl of Commissioners appropriatetl In FV 2000-01 a total of $0]5,000 in the Solitl <br />WastelLandfll Operations Fund to rover the first phase of the project - [he installation of water <br />mains in the Rogere Roatl community. The Orange Water and Sewer AUthotlty is managing <br />this constmction project under an agreement approvetl by the BOCG in April 2000. Actual <br />construction of the water mains is expectatl to begin in September. <br />The costs of [he remaining elements of this public water supply proled are associated whh <br />intlivitlual msitlences availing themselves of the water made available [o their community es a <br />result of the previously funtletl water main constmction. These ms(s inclutle OWASA <br />availability fees antl water meters, plumbing from the water meter to the house, interior <br />plumbing, antl payment of monthly water bills. The Solid Waste Advisory BoeM has examined <br />these additional fees In the attached repptl antl has submidetl a recommendation to the Boats <br />of Commissioners regarding additional County funding for this pmjec[. The County Attorney <br />has determined (ha[ [here are some qualifications antl motlifcations that the Boats of <br />Commissioners will have tc observe regading the passible implementation of the specific <br />recommendations from the SWAB. His observations ere provided in a letter tc the BOCC under <br />separate cover. Staff, the Attorney, and SWAB representatives will be prepared to answer <br />questions that Commissioners may have about options for funding the remaining elements of <br />the public water supply project. <br />