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demand. [Moved policy to Potable Water Sub-Element] Policy 2.6: The cCounty utilities department will participate with the SJRWMD in the development of the SJRWMD’s Water Supply Assessment and District Regional Water Supply Plan and other water supply development-related initiatives by reviewing and commenting on the SJRWMD’s assessment reports and by implementing recommendations of the SJRWMD’s water supply plan. [Revisions provided by SJRWMD] Policy 2.7: The County shall, as warranted, coordinate with local municipalities to assess the financial and operational viability of consolidating or otherwise revising the established utility service areas. The resulting assessment will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration. As part of this, the County will review its existing interlocal agreements for the provision of utility services. Prior to 2011, the County will coordinate with the City of Vero Beach and the Town of Indian River Shores to prepare a financial analysis of options related to the possibility of consolidation of utility services. This analysis may consist of, but is not limited to: the possibility of the County serving utilities to the Town of Indian River Shores, currently served by the City of Vero Beach and the Unincorporated area of the South Barrier Island, currently served by the City of Vero Beach, full consolidation of the City of Vero Beach Utility with the Indian River Co. Utility or making no changes in the existing utility service areas. Based on the results of a financial analysis of the various service options, the Board of County Commissioners will consider implementing the results that show the best financial and operational benefits. The county shall also review its agreement with the City of Vero Beach for provision of electricity to portions of the unincorporated county to determine the best available option for the unincorporated county residents being currently served by the City. Relocating Policy 3.5 to Objective 2: The cCounty shall maintain the level of service standards set in various elements of the comprehensive plan and notify other local governments of the level-of-service standards. Objective 3: By 202812, tThe cCounty will determine the feasibility of have an shall establishinged a formal coordination mechanism with municipalities and adjacent counties to ensure that development in one jurisdiction does not adversely affect the adequacy of public facilities and services in other jurisdictions. Policy 3.2: By 202812, tThe cCounty shall identify all facilities and services which can be affected by the plans and developments in other jurisdictions and monitor facility and service capacity through multi-jurisdictional coordination. Policy 3.3: By 202812, tThe cCounty shall enter into interlocal agreements with the municipalities within the county to exchange information and to coordinate the timing, location, and capacity of public facility improvements to ensure that required services will be available when needed and economically feasible. PAGE 139