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X04 GOVERNMENT AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL AGENCIES CAN BE READILY EXTENDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED, TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES., IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES ESSENTIAL FOR AN URBAN AND URBANIZING COMMUNITY, AND TO COORDINATE AND PLAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF • RURAL UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE COUNTY FOR INEVITABLE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE. CHARLOTTESVILLE'S TAX AND FISCAL POLICIES MUST BE COORDINATED WITH THE NEEDS FOR PERFORMING ITS FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND PROVIDING ESSENTIAL FACILITIES, SERVICES AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. ITS OPERATING BUDGETS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS ARE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART FROM EACH OTHER. ITS OPERATING BUDGETS :ARE BASED UPON PERFORMANCE OF DEFINED WORK PROGRAMS PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND MUST BE BALANCED AGAINST ANTICIPATED REVENUES. CAPITAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR THROUGH ITS CAPITAL BUDGETS. NO EXPENDITURES CAN BE MADE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE NOR EXCEED APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL, BONDS ISSUED BY THE CITY TO FINANCE SUCH IMPROVEMENTS ARE WELL WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED UPON SUCH INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CONSTITUTION OR BY THE CITY CHARTER. THE CITY ENJOYS THE BENEFIT OF AN AAA FINANCIAL RATING IN THE BOND MARKETS AND ACCORDINGLY IS ABLE TO MARKET ITS BONDS AT ATTRACTIVE . RATES OF INTEREST AND GENERALLY CONSIDERABLY BELOW THOSE REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE COUNTY. THE CITY HAS THE POWER, ABILITY AND RESOURCES TO EXECUTE THE POLICY OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY ABSORBING THE URBAN AREA IN THE COUNTY AND THOSE WHICH CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN ITS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED WITH THE CITY, AND THE COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF ITS RESOURCES WITH THOSE OF THE CITY WILL ENABLE THE METROPOLITAN AREA TO FUNCTION AS A UNIT UNDER A FORM OF GOVERNMENT DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A GROWING INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CENTER. V. SERVICES, FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS THE TERRITORY SOUGHT FOR ANNEXATION NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED IN AND COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED WITH PROGRAMS OF GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES, FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE AREA AND THE SAFETY., HEALTH, PEACE, GOOD ORDER, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA. UNLESS THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF ARE BROUGHT UNDER A SINGLE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, THE COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF SUCH SERVICES, FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT ECONOMICALLY OR POLITICALLY FEASIBLE. ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES., FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED BY SEPARATE UNITS OF GOVERNMENT WOULD INVOLVE INEFFECTIVE AND WASTEFUL DUPLICATION OF RESOURCES AND EFFORT. CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED CAN MEET THE PRACTICAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE METRO- POLITAN AREA ONLY BY CONSOLIDATION THROUGH ANNEXATION. • WATER: CHARLOTTESVILLE HAS A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, PURIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DATING BACK TO 1884 WHICH HAS BEEN EXPANDED IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIONS TO A POINT WHERE IT CURRENTLY SERVES THE ENTIRE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE BUILT-UP RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE DISTRICT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN WHICH THE ANNEXATION AREA LIES. THE SYSTEM IS SO DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH MINOR ADDITIONS TO THE TREATMENT FACILITIES THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM WILL HANDLE THE POPULATION PROJECTED FOR THE YEAR 1990 OF-HARLOTTESVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING METROPOLITAN AREA. THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED HAS NO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY OF ITS OWN AND MUCH OF IT OBTAINS WATER FROM THE CITY AT SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER RATES THAN IMPOSED UPON COMPARABLE CONSUMERS IN THE CITY. SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL: THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE MAINTAINS AND OPERATES EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY SEWAGE. THESE SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERY PART OF THE CITY REQUIRING SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SERVICE, AND IN ADDITION, SERVE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS • SURROUNDING THE CITY. CURRENTLY PLANNED EXPANSIONS OF CAPACITY OF THE TREATMENT PLANTS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY WILL ENABLE IT TO PROVIDE SEWERAGE FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE AREA OF THE