Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Authorizing the Director of Public Works to Send a Letter to the United States Department of Agriculture Declining Federal Assistance Grant Funds to Develop a New Water Well for the Community of Pescadero

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, this Board authorized the Director of Public Works to submit an application for financial assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of a new well for County Service Area No. 11 (CSA11); and

 

WHEREAS, the USDA approved a grant in the amount of $135,000 to help fund construction of a new well under the Federal Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program; and

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works conducted a public informational meeting with the customers in CSA11 to discuss many water system issues including the construction of a new well; and

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works conducted a survey of the CSA11 rate payers and property owners who have purchased a connection to the water system (collectively called rate payers), regarding moving forward with the construction of a new well at this time; and

 

WHEREAS, the survey results indicate that less than 50% of the rate payers support moving forward with the construction of a new well at this time; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has considered the opinions of the rate payers, as expressed in the survey conducted by the Department of Public Works.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that

 

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Construction of a new well for CSA11 is hereby deferred until such time as the rate payers support the construction of a new well.

   

2.

The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to notify the United States Department of Agriculture that the County is hereby declining the grant fund previously approved for use by CSA11 for the construction of a new well to serve CSA11.

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