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P~2inutes Council T4eeting July 1?.,, 19f39 ti9.nu~es C•1r. I3lesener intro~iuced the iollo~~~inc~ r.esolution ~ind moved (cont o ) its 1do~>tion. RESOL~U7'IODT D70, £39~7-3p). - t1PFI20~II~i6 THL P~SInTU!'P:,S O.F TFI~~ Ji7D?F ?.8 p J.9F9 I:EGULI~R COUnICIL I~IFETTTTG ,?~S ~r1PI~iPFD. The forec~oing reso7.ution v~as c7uJ~y seeonc~ed by Pirs, Scalze, ~1yes (4) T7ays ( 0 ) Reso7.u~9on declarec7 adopted, Sprinl;ling Pan PQr, Paliey introduced Atr, i4i11 L~iebeno~~ of ShorL-, P].J.a.ott & IJenclr9.eicson, and 61r. David fiarris, SuperintendenL of Public ?,?orics who are present i.n regard to the sprinkling k~an that ~aas p7.ZCed in ef:iect by ~kae City coramenci.ng l~uc~ust 1 in connection 4ai'ch the water tower im~arovernents that are necessary, h4r. I,eibenosv ~~ilJ_ explain exac~ly ~ahat the project involves anci Plre Fiarr.is G~~i.7.1 add llis cornmenL-s, N1r> Pahey ac3ded that tkae City hass received a number oi lctters ancl 'they are crying to be res~~onsive to Lkaese J.e~ters. I3owever, we cannot put the iire service and other iterns in jeopardy because o~ homeowners concerns ak~out sod, P~Ir. I.~iebenow adctressecl tkie Couzici7_ and ~:kze audience. IIe stated that he ~aas asY,ec1 to ~~~ork e~~ith the City to rn~intain the waier pressure iri the system ~•~hi.le t17e ~~ater to~=~er ~aas beizzg painted, Tkie eaater tower v~il7. k~e va.lved ofF ancl drainecl for six ~aeeel~s Lo t~ao rnonths durin~ this tirne, ~1r. I~iebenoGa statecl that the ~~ater tower serves three cl:iff_erent functions. It ho.lds a column oi ~,iater o~hich rnzintains a steldy pressure on che sy>tem, i.t ~rovades a reserve of ~~~ater io.r fighting firese and it f:al<es c2re o~ the .Pe~k uses, Sn the summer tkle ;~eak use zs the sprinkling of 7.a~~ms, ??hen tY~e to<<~er is valved oL£ 'che City is dependent en~irely uS~on 2he ~~um~ing system, `r'kzere is a limit as to hoc~ rnucka water cazl be pumpec7, 7?ac~e 2.