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supply and distribution system services, facilities, and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided, or maintained for the entire county; and WHEREAS, a substantial number of the property owners and residents of the residential area, known as Cumnock, petitioned this Board for establishment of a service area for water supply and a distribution system; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has caused to be prepared a report containing (a) a map of the proposed district showing its proposed boundaries, (b) a statement showing that the proposed district meets the standards set out in the statutes for the establishment of a service district, (c) a plan for providing a water supply and distribution system to the district, and said report has been available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk to the Board for at least four (4) weeks before June 20, 1994, the date of the public hearing on said matter; and WHEREAS, due notice of the public hearing on said matter was given in conformity with all statutory requirements and the Clerk to the Board, the person designated by the Board, has certified to the Board that all property owners in the designated area, as of the preceding January 1st, have been notified in the manner prescribed by law; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners for Lee County held a public hearing at its regular meeting on June 6, 1994, and held a second public hearing at its regular meeting on June 20,1994, in conformity with the notice given and when and where all interested persons were given the opportunity to express themselves on the establishment or rejection of the proposed service district; and WHEREAS, in determining whether to establish the proposed service district for water supply and a distribution system at Cumnock, the Board of Commissioners have considered, among other things, the following: (1) the resident or seasonal population and population density of the proposed district; (2) the appraised value of property subject to taxation in the proposed district; (3) the present tax rates of the County and any city's or special districts in which the district or any portion thereof as located; (4) the ability of the proposed district to sustain the additional taxes necessary to provide the services planned for the district; 412 12