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BACKGROUND A petition has been received from the residents of 36 h Court SW Bobbi J Subdivision, requesting the County to supply potable water to its residents . We are now coming to the Board of County Commissioners to seek approval to begin design of the above-mentioned project . (See Attachments 1 -Plat Map , 2 - Petition and 3 - Schedule of properties) . ANALYSIS There are 10 platted residential lots, which may benefit from this proposed water line on 36 " Court Lots 4 & 5 at the North End of the subdivision were provided service and previously assessed in the Phase II water assessment project which was completed 2 - 22 - 94 . The owner of lot 1 was permitted to connect to the existing water line on P` Street SW and signed a temporary service agreement, which was approved by the Board of County Comrrussioners on June 13 , 2000 . The owner of lot 8 connected to the water line on I " St SW on 6/ 15/90 without signing an agreement to be included in a future water assessment, and is not included in this proposed assessment project. There are 6 owners signatures on the attached petition & temporary service agreement plus 1 owner who telephoned and stated that he now verbally supports this proposed project ; therefore 7 (70%) of the owners of the 10- properities to benefit from this project are supportive . On 8/27/01 owners of the 4 lots whom had not signed the petition were mailed an addendum and asked to indicate whether they oppose or support the proposed project . As of 10/ 10/01 none were returned . There were 3 phone calls with one opposing, stating that he did not like the taste of county water. Another owner advised that he did not oppose the installation of water lines but that it was not a high priority ! And the 3 " owner stating that he no longer opposes the proposed project . The property sizes typically vary from . 50 ( 1 /2) acre to 1 . 0 ( 1 ) acre . The attached map displays the area to benefit from the assessment project . ( see attached EXFIIBIT 2 - Plat Map) . This project is to be paid through the assessment of 10 property owners alone the proposed water line route. In the interim, funding will be from the Assessment Fund No . 473 . RECOMMENDATION The staff of the Department of Utility Services recommends approval of the above- listed project, and requests authorization for the Department to proceed with the design engineering work and award a contract for survey services through the issuance of a purchase order based on the most favorable quote, in preparation for the special assessment project . ON MOTION by Commissioner Stanbridge , SECONDED by Commissioner Adams , the Board unanimously approved the project and authorized staff to proceed with the design engineering work and award a contract for survey services through the issuance of a purchase order based on the most favorable quote in preparation for the special assessment project , as recommended by staff. NOVEMBER 6 , 2001 - 91 -