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MINU7'PS City Council. Feb. 23, 1.983 Sdaeer.main The 7?n~ineer l.i.sted some reasons thaC tlte Counci.l initiates impr.ovement Hearin~s hearings. 'I'he fi.rst ~is inflat~i_on. The lingi.neer reported that 13 year.s ago a watermain coulct hmve been put in f:or $h.50 pcr fronC foot ancl Di.anna Lane now the pri.ce i.s arotmd $30.00 per. Pr.ont Eoot. 'Che second reason is (Cont.) that t11e Ci.ty :i.s l.osin,n, Erontage that can be assessed. The third :i., the i.ncreas~-ng int:erest rates~ anrl the f.orth reason i.s Co ~;i.ve tbe pr.~hcrCy owners a chpnce to say yes or no. The king,i.neer. reported tl~i1C 13 years ago it tioas suggested that the City be entirely watered. 'i'his was turned down by the residents of the Ci.ty and, therefore, si.nce T.hat ti_me Gaatermai.n has been i.nstal.led on a piece-me~~1 bas:is. T,he £,ngineer reporred T.h~~t since tl~iat time the Ci.ty has i.n,Called watermai.n every year. Tl~~e City has no~o reacl~ed a point w}~iere ther.e ~re feoier ancl fewer. people to pay for t:he wa~termai.n. Therei~ore, if some areas of. tkie CiCy cannot be included in a wltermain project w:i.th others, the costs would be very hi.gh. The Eng:i.neer. commented t.haC there are feo~cr and fewer people ].ef:t to split the cost o.f the watermai.n< The kingineer reported that r.he Ci.ty r_urrently has a pol.i.cy where ?01 of: an i.mprovement i.s charged ay;ainst the entire City. The Lnp,i.neer s£ated that next year the City will go to a 100% assessment pol.i.cy. i>1rs. Scal.re d:isagr.eed anc( i.nLormed the audience that the Ci.ty i.s onLy consi.derin~ thi.s ~t Chis point and has not made a decisi.on. 'Lhe lingi.neer also poi.nted out t:hat the bond consul.tant f:eels that the Ci.ty wi.ll get about 11% i.nterest on a 15 year bond issue. The }l;n;i.neer i.nformed the audience that now is Che time to say whet:her or not they want watermai.n. 7'he Fngineer i.nformed the audi.ence that someday they will. probabl.y havc; watermain, The quest~.i.on i.s whether to ):iave the watermain i_nstall.ed now or i.n f.ive year,. The Pngineer also reported that the Ci.ty tries to loop deadend ~aater l:ines. T.he ~ngineer. also po.inted out thaY a waterma~in malces a house more val.uable. A ma~mber of the audi.ence asked the value to 7.oopi.ng waterli.nes. The Pngi.neer report;ed that with a I.ooped waterl.i.rie should a brealc occur, the breal< can be locali.zeel and water does not Yiave to be turned off to as large an area shoul.d tl.ie l:ine not be l.ooped. 'Chere i.s also valt.ie in a l.ooped waterli.ne ~ixi terms of fire protection, Mr. E'orsberg al.so poi.nted out that l.ooped Li.nes do not have to Ue [lushed, Page -4-