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R-12-15 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN AN HRSD-FUNDED STUDY OF FURTHER REGIONALIZATION OF SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND ASSETS. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth owns and operates a sanitary sewer collection system directly connected to the regional sanitary sewer system owned and operated by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of V irginia; and WHEREAS, the HRSD and thirteen of the seventeen localities within Hampton Roads entered into a Special Order by Consent with the State Water Control Board on September 26, 2007 ("the Order") for the purpose of resolving certain alleged violations of environmental laws and regulations; and WHEREAS, in the course of planning actions to meet the requirements of the Order, the potential to develop a more cost effective set of actions to satisfy the requirements of the Order through consolidation of sanitary sewer assets under a single regional entity has been identified; and WHEREAS, consolidation of all sanitary sewer assets directly connected to HRSD has the potential to reduce total sanitary sewer operation and maintenance costs for the Hampton Roads region in addition to the potential capital cost savings for the Hampton Roads regional ratepayers within the localities under the Order; and WHEREAS, data gathering, analysis and study are required to determine whether the benefits that may be identified within Hampton Roads from further regionalization outweigh the challenges of regional consolidation of sanitary sewer service and assets. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Portsmouth hereby requests that the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) conduct a study of further regionalization of sanitary sewer service and assets (the Study). The Study shall be funded by HRSD in an amount agreeable to HRSD and completed by July 1,2013; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City will provide access to information, data, assets, staff and otherwise cooperate with the HRPDC and/or the HRPDC's agent in conducting the Study of regional consolidation of sanitary sewer assets, and the City Council will participate in a thorough evaluation of the Study results; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this request does not bind the City Council to participate financially in the Study or to accept, adopt or comply with any conclusions or recommendations of the Study; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Study will impact Portsmouth's ability to accomplish all of the work required under the Order and as such, the conduct of the Study is contingent on receiving an appropriate stay or deferral of activities required by the Order as