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Centerville2040 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />C OMMUNITY F ACILITIES AND S ERVICES G OALS AND P OLICIES <br />It is the goal of the City of Centerville to: <br /> Promote safe neighborhoods and low crime in the community. <br /> Maintain and improve the quality of life in the community. <br /> Provide efficient and responsive services to residents and businesses. <br />Maintain the quality of education available to residents. <br /> Protect Surface Water resources within and downstream from the City of Centerville. <br /> <br />It is the policy of the City of Centerville to: <br /> Compare the level of administrative, maintenance and emergency response services to <br />community wide needs and objectives. <br /> Explore potential joint service initiatives through continued communication and <br />cooperation with City, County and School officials. <br /> Promote effective communication with residents, business owners, educators and volunteer <br />organizations to maintain an understanding of community goals and objectives and <br />participate in community affairs. <br /> Periodically evaluate the level of public services provided and the associated costs of <br />services. <br /> Design public utility systems for optimum development or saturation in the community and <br />establish cost effective staging or sequencing of utility systems. <br /> Establish priority for basic services to ensure the highest levels of safety and accessibility are <br />provided in the community. <br /> Expand efforts for effective communication and cooperation with surrounding cities on area <br />growth Issues and common concerns. <br /> Require that development proposals are consistent with planned extensions of public <br />utilities and incorporate necessary extensions of core facilities. <br /> Require that the installation of all public infrastructure is designed and <br />constructed according to City standards and specifications. <br /> Enforce ordinance provisions which require connection of existing homes and businesses <br />with private utilities to public utility systems, within a reasonable time after public utilities <br />have become available. <br /> Establish design and construction standards for sanitary sewer installation and maintenance <br />to minimize potential sources of inflow/infiltration in the sewer collection system. <br /> Continue monitoring potential sources of inflow/infiltration to reduce inefficiencies in the <br />metropolitan wastewater treatment system. <br /> Continue to implement conservation programs aimed at reducing residential water use. <br /> <br /> Page 29 <br /> <br /> <br />