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Centerville 2040 .. . .. .. :.. . . . • Maintain and improve the quality of life in the community. • Provide efficient and responsive services to residents and businesses. • Maintain the quality of education available to residents. It is the policy of the City of Centerville to: • Compare the level of administrative, maintenance and emergency response services to community wide needs and objectives. • Explore potentialjoint service initiatives through continued communication and cooperation with City, County and School officials. • Promote effective communication with residents, business owners, educators and volunteer organizations to maintain an understanding of community goals and objectives and participate in community affairs. • Periodically evaluate the level of public services provided and the associated costs of services. • Design public utility systems for optimum development or saturation in the community and establish cost effective staging or sequencing of utility systems. • Establish priority for basic services to ensure the highest levels of safety and accessibility are provided in the community. • Expand efforts for effective communication and cooperation with surrounding cities on area growth Issues and common concerns. • Require that development proposals are consistent with planned extensions of public utilities and incorporate necessary extensions of core facilities. • Require that the installation of all public infrastructure is designed and constructed according to City standards and specifications. • Enforce ordinance provisions which require connection of existing homes and businesses with private utilities to public utility systems, within a reasonable time after public utilities have become available but not later than 2012', for areas currently served but not yet connected. • Establish design and construction standards for sanitary sewer installation and maintenance to minimize potential sources of inflow/infiltration in the sewer collection system. • Continue monitoring potential sources of inflow/infiltration to reduce inefficiencies in the metropolitan wastewater treatment system. • Continue to implement conservation programs aimed at reducing residential water use. Chapter 2 1 Page 9