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WORK
SESSION
AGENDA REQUEST
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Sponsor:
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Board of Supervisors Meeting Date:
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Sharon
Grove McCamy,
Lee
District
Supervisor
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August
18, 2003
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Staff
Lead:
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Department:
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Talmage
Reeves
, Director
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Economic Development
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Topic:
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Water
and Sanitation Authority (WSA)
Implementation Plan to Develop a Public Water System in the Opal
Service District
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Topic Description:
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At a work session on
January
21, 2003, the Board of Supervisors approved the development of an Implementation
Plan for the Opal Service District, as proposed by the
Economic Development Advisory Council, Utilities Task Force.
The Board requested that the Water and Sanitation Authority
(WSA) prepare a proposal to include estimated costs of developing
a water system to serve the Opal Service District.
The Board of Supervisors/WSA Liasion Committee reviewed the
Implementation Proposal and recommended it be forwarded to the
Board as a Work Session Agenda item.
If approved, the WSA estimates the project will take
approximately 2 1/2 to 3 years to complete at an estimated total
cost of $4.3 to $5.2 million.
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Requested
Action of the Board of Supervisors:
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Consider
approving the Phase One Hydrological Study of the Opal Service
District as recommended in the WSA Implementation Proposal.
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Financial
Impacts Analysis:
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The
proposal recommends developing funding sources utilizing the same
format as was developed
for placing sewer in the New Baltimore Service District, as
approved by the Board in the January 25, 2000 Sewer Construction
Funding Agreement between the Board of Supervisors and the Water
and Sanitation Authority (WSA).
Within the 2000 Agreement, the County obtained a loan from
the Virginia Resources Authority to provide financing for the
Sewer Project to the WSA. The WSA established a Debt Service
Reserve comprising Advanced Water Availability Fees and grants in
aid, to be used in repayment of the loan to the County (Section
A-2. County Funding Obligation, paragraphs A-C, Sewer Construction
Funding Agreement). The
Phase One Hydrological Study, to be completed prior to any formal
funding agreement, is estimated to cost approximately $200,000.
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Identify
any other Departments, Organizations or Individuals that would be
affected by this request:
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Water
and Sanitary Sewer Authority
Economic
Development Department
Community
Development Department
Finance
Department
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