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Orange County commissioners direct staff to advance phase 2 of proposed stormwater utility
Summary
County staff presented a plan to create a stormwater utility to address aging infrastructure and a multi‑hundred‑million dollar capital gap. Commissioners gave general consensus to move to a Phase 2 study that would develop a rate structure, credit policy and community outreach before returning with a formal implementation proposal.
Orange County commissioners on Tuesday directed staff to move forward into Phase 2 of a proposed countywide stormwater utility, after staff said current funding levels leave a large capital shortfall and many aging stormwater systems need retrofits.
Staff presented options including adopting level-of-service B as a countywide goal, a 25-year phased funding approach, and a recommended rate structure described as “option 3” — a single-family method that uses tiering based on relative impervious area. Brett (staff member) summarized the Phase 2 scope: “we'll be finalizing that impervious area, creating a credit policy, performing community outreach, drafting a billing file, and then at the end, bringing all of this information back to you all to decide whether or not we're going to move to that implementation phase.”
The recommendation responds to what staff…
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