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• A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RIVANNA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY'S MULTI -STEP, INTEGRATED WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY WHEREAS, the recent statewide drought and the existence of a water supply emergency in the City of Charlottesville has reinforced the need for a comprehensive strategy to insure, both in the short term and long term, an adequate potable water supply to meet the needs of the Charlottesville and Albemarle community; and, WHEREAS, on August 26, 2002 the Board of Directors of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority ("RSWA") adopted a Multi -Step, Integrated Water Supply Strategy - Urban Water Service Area, which provides an immediate water supply strategy to address needs of the community to the year 2030, and provides longer term water supply alternatives to meet projected water demands beyond the year 2050; and, WHEREAS, the strategy adopted by RSWA has been revised to reflect recent findings from an emergency water supply study conducted in September and October, 2002; and, • WHEREAS, City Council believes that the strategy represents an important, comprehensive plan which will help to insure an adequate supply of safe, clean potable water. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville that the Council hereby endorses and approves the Multi -Step, Integrated Water Supply Strategy - Urban Water Service Area, dated October 28, 2002. The City representatives on the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority are hereby directed to engage in comprehensive and strategic planning for an adequate water supply to serve the future needs of this community, based on the comprehensive plans, master plans, land use regulations and growth projections, as may be amended from time to time, of the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of the above-described strategy is not intended to be in lieu of specific approval for any particular capital improvement, and the City Council hereby reserves its right to approve any specific water supply capital project or agreement which requires City funding, if required by law or if deemed by Council to be in the best interests of the City. • Approvedt.lby Council - November 18, 2002 e k of City Council