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Samaritan House, Inc. Water Connection Fees Waiver - For the purpose of extending City water service to the Samaritan House Campus for Recovery Facility; waiving any water connection fees; and matters generally relating to said water connection waiver of fees.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 20-16
Introduced by: Mayor Pantelides and Alderwoman Finlayson
Referred to
Finance Committee
Economic Matters Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
Samaritan House, Inc. Water Connection Fees Waiver
FOR the purpose of extending City water service to the Samaritan House Campus for Recovery Facility; waiving any water connection fees; and matters generally relating to said water connection waiver of fees.
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that heroin, substance abuse and drug addiction is a mounting problem in Annapolis and that there is an urgent need for construction of additional facilities to provide addiction and related services; and
WHEREAS, Samaritan House, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, has been providing addiction and related services to the citizens of Annapolis for over 40 years and is developing and constructing a new sixteen-bed facility to expand these services as part of a Campus of Recovery Facility ("the Facility") located on Greenbriar Lane adjoining the City of Annapolis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to assist the Samaritan House in partnership with Anne Arundel County and the State of Maryland in providing assistance in development and construction of the Facility; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has determined that existing and/or funded facilities, capacity and infrastructure are sufficient to serve Samaritan House in addition to existing and reasonably foreseeable City water users, and the City has entered into a written agreement with Samaritan House for provision of this service; and
WHEREAS, the applicable laws and regulations of the City of Annapolis require approval by the City Council o...
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