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Mr. Marvin Collins <br />August 1, 1991 <br />Page 3 <br />indirectly. The expanded storage reservoir will provide <br />additional high quality water for the community at little capital <br />cost to the public. <br />By using a mutually beneficial public/private easement to <br />transform a business enterprise into a public water supply <br />reservoir, the proposal advances Goal Number One of the <br />Comprehensive Plan: "To conserve the County's natural environment <br />through .means which are equitable to all citizens of orange <br />county."_ <br />S ecia Con itfo s Mak'n the Pro osal Reasonab Nec ssa <br />1. The scarcity of suitable sources of high quality water to . <br />serve the growing needs of southern Drange County. <br />~. The availability of stone at a site conveniently located for <br />public and private construction projects in southern Orange <br />County. <br />3. The provision of hot mix asphalt within reasonable hauling <br />distance of the local market area. . <br />Summary, <br />•This unique combination of circumstances, in which economic <br />development and natural resource goals are mutually reinforcing, <br />is a "win-win" opportunity with substantial benefits for. the <br />applicants and the community at large. Further documentation <br />will demonstrate that economic and environmental costs tv the . <br />community wall be negligible. - <br />Sincerely, <br />American Stone Company <br />sy: ~tc~a. ~' <br />•Drange Water and Sewer Authority <br />. ~ r~ <br />. r~~ <br />By • ~"~~ - <br />