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RESOLUTION
2007-01
WHEREAS, The St. Mary’s County
Metropolitan Commission (the “Commission”) is responsible for providing
water and/or sewerage services (the “Services”) to those portions of St.
Mary’s County where such services have been deemed necessary and
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, provision of the
Services necessarily requires the construction and maintenance of
certain water distribution and collection systems, wastewater collection
systems and wastewater treatment systems (the “Systems”); and
WHEREAS, to efficiently provide
the Services, it is necessary for the Commission to conduct and maintain
certain studies, plans and estimates (collectively the “Studies”), to
identify:
(a)
those areas to
which Services should be extended;
(b)
those areas
wherein existing Services and/or Systems require upgrade or expansion;
and
(c)
those areas
wherein existing Services and/or Systems require repair and/or
replacement.
WHEREAS, the Studies provide the
basis for the preparation of the Commission’s five (5) year Capital
Improvement Plan (“CIP”), wherein the Commission identifies every
anticipated capital improvement project planned to be accomplished
during the most immediate five-year period; and
WHEREAS, the CIP also establishes the currently anticipated cost of each
project identified and the projected source of funding for each project;
and
WHEREAS, the CIP for Fiscal Year
2008 through Fiscal Year 2012,is attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated by reference herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the recitals contained herein above, be it hereby resolved that:
1.
The Commission,
after reviewing the CIP for Fiscal Year 2008 – Fiscal Year 2012 (“FY 08
CIP”), hereby adopts said CIP, thereby acknowledging and approving the
projects, estimated project costs and projected funding sources
contained therein;
2.
The Commission,
based upon currently available financial reports of the Commission,
hereby authorizes the Commission to incur the debt required to
facilitate the FY 08 CIP, as scheduled, in amounts not to exceed those
estimated project costs contained in the FY 08 CIP;
3.
The Commission
hereby acknowledges that, depending upon the projected source of funding
for each project identified by the FY 08 CIP, it may be necessary for
additional approving resolutions to be executed by the Commission to
satisfy certain specific requirements established by each funding
source, including but not limited to local, State and/or Federal funding
programs.
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an
updated CIP shall be prepared by Commission staff and approved by the
Commission prior to the commencement of each new fiscal year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
this Resolution shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until
the end of Fiscal Year 2008, by which time a similar Resolution shall be
adopted by this Commission for Fiscal Year 2009.
APPROVED AS OF THIS
DAY OF JULY, 2007.
Attest:
ST. MARY’S COUNTY
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION:
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Lilian J. Bryan,
Secretary Francis E. Taylor, Chairman
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Kathleen M.
Werner, Vice Chairman
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Philip M.
Cranford,
Commissioner
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Thomas C.
Lancaster, Commissioner
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Joseph A.
St. Clair, Commissioner
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Kevin J.
Suggs, Commissioner
Noel T.
Wood, Commissioner
Approved as to Legal Sufficiency
Jacquelyn V. Meiser, General
Counsel
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