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~ (j TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1981 (MR. OVERMAN'S LETTER) It is our understanding that pursuant to an offer of assistance by the Board of Supervisors of Henry County on August 23rd to supply both raw and potable water to the City of Martinsville in order for the City to better face its current water shortage and to offset an anticipated major water crisis, the City Council through its Manager requested on August 25th additional details of the offer and means of assistance. In the short time frame since the City's request we have attempted to pre- pare appropriate responses, while recognizing that full details of a contractual arrangement between the parties involved would necessitate further negotiations in addition to the full cooperative support and effort of both in order to alleviate any impending water crisis in the City of Martinsville. By the following, we do not propose to indicate that other alternates are not available nor that all details of engineering design, construction and financing have been completed, but the information is provided as guidance to the Board of Supervisors in responding to the City's request. Accordingly, we offer the following which are not necessarily enumerated in the order of the City Manager's eight questions: 1. To provide the City with 1.8MGD of potable water from the Public Service Authority's Marrowbone Creek facilities via the route of Rives Road would require the construction of approximately 3,500 feet of 12-inch transmission main, a booster pumping station, a metering chamber, and a 500-foot connecting link between the existing City mains in Mulberry Road and Rives Road. The present estimated costs of these improvements is $198,400.00, including contingencies and engineering. For the surveying, design, and construction of all of these improvements, approximately four months would be required. It.is proposed that those improvements to be constructed with7~enry County, including the transmission main along Rives Road, the pumping station and the metering chamber will be designed, constructed, owned and operated by the Henry County Public Service Authority. Facilities required and/or recommended within the City should be designed, constructed, owned and operated by the City. All required improvements should be financed totally by the City of Martinsville, since their purpose, at least at this time, is strictly to provide potable water to the City. This would be in keeping with the adopted policies of the Public Service Authority. Operating costs should be borne by the Public Service Authority, but recovery of the same should be realized from the cost of water delivered to the City through a service agreement. With the use of portable pumping equipment, water could be furnished earlier to the City, while the pumping station is being constructed. Naturally, the transmission main in Rives Road would have to be completed as a first measure. Approximately two months would be required to accomplish this