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There are a number of potential reasons why the Efland study did not detect a magnitude of <br />water use variation similar-to that in the OWASA study. The primary reason is that the range of <br />housing sizes -and some characteristics associated with housing size (lawn irrigation systems <br />and other types of equipment that are major water consumers) -are not nearly as great in <br />Efland as in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. <br />The ultimate implication of the Efland water use analysis is that a sewer availability fee <br />calculated on a sliding scale based solely on a projected relationship between home size and <br />system demand/impact can provide a thirty percent difference between the bottom and top of <br />the scale. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: While no specific fees or changes to existing fees is proposed herein, it <br />is certainly possible that existing fees will be modified to reflect the information presented above. <br />However, any changes in the fee structure to provide for sliding scale fees should be essentially <br />revenue neutral when compared to the fee structure adopted in October 1999. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1) accept this report as <br />information; 2) direct staff to develop a revised sliding scale fee proposal (to replace the existing <br />acreage fee structure) to be taken to a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public <br />comment, implementing the proposed fee structure and adopting the attendant changes to the <br />RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FO THE OPERATION OF A <br />SEWER COLLECTION TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVE THE EFLAND AREA OF ORANGE <br />COUNTY. <br />