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rtztvtiTr:s Ci.ty Council Nov. 9, 7.9£33 Cub <ex Dental P2rs, Scalre pointed out that. undec that system Cub wil.l. not Ue Of.f:i.ce 7dater char~;ed f.or the wate r Cower and the 1oca1. tax payer .i.s Ueing charged. Connecti.on Scal.ze fel.t that Cub or anyone located in another ci.ty buC hooked (Cont,) up to L,i.ttle Canada waY.er shoi.~1ct pay for >ome portion o f: the water tower. Mr. Sweene.y repl.i.ecl that this was a good point and he agreed. 'I'he C1.erlc poi.nted out that the CiCy :i.s l.evyi_ng 5 mills for the water tower bond issue and i.L the City l~ad a val.uation of the building, i.t could ii~;ure out a levy. 'I'he tingineer po:i.nt:ed out that on the Arcade Street w~termain i.mprovemenc the people in Ntaplewood cai.7.1 be assessed f.or 1.00% ot t.he cost of the impr.ovement, while: the Li.ttle Canada resi.cl.ents are assessed at £30%. The Eng:iner. poi.nted ouC th<at before Little Canada had water, t:here cvere Cwo busi-nesses on Ri.ce Street r.onnected to Rosevi.lle's water and they paid an extra charf;e. The same was Cr.ue f:or sewer. connecCions. 'Phe Attorney poi.nted ouC thak the waterma~in is p,oing to cost Cub ~100,000~ and Cub :is constructing the pi.pe to get Co ttie Li.ttle Canada watermai.n. Mr. Forsberg Ie7.t :it caas Cub's problem that the watermai.n i.s going to cost :y100,000, Mrs. Sca1.zF Ie1t tkiat CuU shou7.d have to pay an availabili.ty charge f.or the system. The Attorney f:e1t iC was a good poi.nt and sug~;ested that tlie City set a policy f:or the connection of any faci.li.ty outside the C.ity. Mrs. Scal.ze f.elt the~ poli.cq should be :incorporated f:or CuU. Nardi.ni and rorsberg agreed. Mr. I[anson suggested thaC the Clerlc research o~hat ot:her communities are doi-ng. TQrs. ScaLze su~gestect that the Clerk figure out an ava~labil:i.ty charge Lor CuU, The Clerlc reported that Roseville has such a procedure< Nlrs> Nardi.ni suggested that the Clerlc ot~tai.n this information. Page _S_