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T1IiVUfGS City Counr.i.l. Maroh 10, 1982 Secrer_ ~#nd i~r.. Cahey s1;a~;ed rha~L' tihe Counc~il Yias 'CYa:re.e; al~te~x•x~ati.ves~ 1. i:o '~a.ter char6e a service ch~:r~; e t;o just tkzose people hoolcea up i:o ~ra.ter; 33ud~et 2. to clia~rge ttte sexv i.ce ehar~e Y.o everyon~ hoolced up and 'tYzose (Cont.) w:i.Ch water a~ra~ilab~le; an.d. 3, to charge Lhe sea'vice char~e to everyone in the Ci.i:y. I'ahey si:ated ~that kie prefer~[~er.l To et~a:r.get the ser.vice charge to ev~:r yone hookc~d up ancl e~ve ryone tiaith zaai;er availaba.e. Glr. i,~al~iep stated tk~ia~t orice the iaater system is i.n i.t rnusti be rnaintairard, Ntr, ~raczyic st~ated that: tihis ser.vi.ce chaxge woul.r3 be a kiar.dship to the 'I'errace Hca~;Y~~s =tob3.lehome paric ~and ~~ou1d have to be passed on. to tlte resiclents ot: Ckie park. Mx:, G1.anzer suggestecl that th.e people wi~h ne~aly insta.lled ~aa~~erma.i.n be given oxie year's Cime F~rom cahc~i che iizigineer cer.tifies that the w~:Lermai.n i.s reacty ~For use to hoolc up Co water before ~Che sexvi.ce eharp,c L>eF;ins to be cl~i~,rf;ed. Mz•s. Nardini com~nented L'o Mr. <,raczyk that ~.hrre are snariq serzio~ cititens in kzer. a~rea, tha:t do not CaanT. to kiook up to ~aater, and the Council coul.cl noT, esempt a whole ;rrea of people that a~ce i.n the sarne sir;uation. ~I~r, (..Lanzer staLed Lhat iti costs just a.s much t;o ma:l.nCra.in ~~. caa.LC;rma.in irt Eront o1' a house hootced up to waLer. as 'i.n front of a 1'iouee not l~oolced uP< C:lzinzcr comrnented thaT, T,he neigYibor hooked uZ~ Lo ca~t:er is payixig :Eor. Lhe rnaintenance oL Che ma~i.ex in fr.ont of hi.s Tzeighbor's h~us~ ~aho is not hooiced up. P:lr. Graecqlc statecl Lhat the rnobileliome park dici not iiatiend Co hooic up to C~ity caatec r:bs i~t coul.d run i~ts own w.'.4te'r system .for lc;>s cost. ~1r. U:9.aizrer staCed that: a pr.oblem o.(' CP~e City° , is Chat it: <loes not txave enou~h caa.ter custo~'ners 2azd tt~aY :i.s ~ahy i~ts watar ra~e, are i~~?irly higki. 'Phe more people &;nat hook up to w<cter., the less expensive it is ~to opex.~ate Che system, )?ahey sta.Led that he Yaould suppor.t 7;he yf~ar°s delay fo'r. ekiarg~i.ng the service cYia:r.ge to peopl.e iaith netaly i.nstall.ed wa,te~mains, Fahey a.1;ao ,ta.ted 'that i;he City has 4:o treat everyone equall,y and i.t rnusY matce sorne ehas~es for Y:he iaai:carmain onee it i.s i.n 'the sLreet 1;o mai.n~:ai.ri che systern. Mr. '1.~ahay stated tha.t sornP ci~ties Yiave gone to tl~e pol:i.cq o~` ~foxcing (~eop7.e Lo hoolc up to City r•rater, ai~d T.iL'C1e Canaila. does noL caztnt L'o do L'ri.s. TYie servi.ce charge raould be ~ bi.idget item Y.o m<tiinT,ai.z~ Lhe (;ity°s system and no~t 2:o promote waCar hoolc ups. The Ci.t.y Cteric sta.ted Li~at: if the City does not charge the $6,0~ ser.vi.ce clxc~r.ge to everyone u~it.h water. avai'l.a.ble, i.t will have i:o go to ~$9.00 char„e to thos<: p<~ople hookecl up Lo wa:~e~ . Pi~yo~: Hartisos~i p~inted ouL that t,he City sta~Ff ~is al.so proposing iT~ereasin€; the ~vaCOr, r~tte Go $~..00 ~er thous~nd ga.llons. T'his is what the Ci.ty O~f SL. Paul is curx~zitl.q chargin~ Little Cana.da, Ya~;e -7