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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 As a result, Section 25-2-46(m) (Concurrency) was added to the Zoning Code, which states "A change of zone application shall not be granted unless: (1) the department of water supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the project and issue water commitments using its existing system; or (2) specific improvements to the existing public water system, or a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the department of water supply will be provided to meet the water needs of the project and conditions of zoning delay occupancy until the necessary improvements are actually constructed." The Applicants propose to utilize a private catchment water system to support the proposed subdivision, in lieu of a public water system or a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the Department of Water Supply, which clearly does not meet the concurrency requirements of the Zoning Code. The subject property is not connected to the County's public water system. The nearest public water system is approximately 0.8 mile (or approximately 4,300 feet) from the subject property. Extensive water system improvements, which may include source development and transmission facilities, would be needed to bring County water to the subject property. The cost upon the Applicants to improve the existing County water system to provide water to the subject property will not be feasible. Another concurrency option available to the Applicants is to build a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the Department of Water Supply. The Department of Water Supply's Water System Standards for a private water system consists of two (2) wells of equal capacity, transmission waterlines, and an off-site 100,000 -gallon concrete reservoir located 100 feet above the highest elevation of the subject property. Water pumped from the new well(s) will be stored in the off-site reservoir, then gravity -flowed through a transmission system to the individual lots in the event that the two wells become non -operational during events like a power or pump failure. The estimated cost for the private water system improvements may be up to $2.2 million, again not a feasible alternative. Applicants' discussion regarding the provision of water service to the proposed subdivision and concurrency requirements. The Applicants' acknowledge that the County's public water system cannot support the proposed subdivision because it would be unreasonable for them to design, drill and develop private wells and