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MEMO TO: Clerk-Administral „r and City Council <br /> FROM: I)i re' for ot Public W.)rks/Cnmmuni ty DOvolopmcnt <br /> DATE: April 30, 1485 <br /> SUBJECT: MUNICIPAL CODE REVIEW - CHAPTERS 70, 7 t , 75 AND 76 <br /> The names of the Chapters of the Municipal Code that I will <br /> review in this memo are as follows : <br /> 1 ) Chapter 70, Municipal Water System <br /> 2 ) Chapter 7I , Municipal Sanitary Sewcrr System <br /> 3 ) Chapter 75, Gas Franchise <br /> 4 ) Chapter 76, Electric Franchise <br /> CHAPTER 75, GAS FRANCHISE <br /> • _Chapter 77-5,_ Gas Fr-anchise,- grants -Norther.-n-States---Power Company <br /> permission to conduct, operate, repair and maintain in the City a <br /> asystem of mains, pipelines and other facilities for the manufac- <br /> turing, distribution and .sale of gas. <br /> The City has granted this franchise to N.S. P. until May 1, 1998. t <br /> Therefore, we cannot change the franchise at the present time. <br /> CHAPTER 76, ELECTRIC FRANCHISE <br /> Chapter 76, Electric Franchise, grants to N.S. P. permission to <br /> • conduct, operate, repair and maintain in the City an electric <br /> distribution system and transmission lines, including necessary <br /> poles, pole lines, fixtures and appurtenances for the furnishing <br /> of Alectric energy to the City and its inhabitants. <br /> / <br /> The City has granted this franchise to N.S. P. until May 1, 1998. <br /> Therefore, we cannot change the franchise at the present time. <br /> CHAPTER 70, MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM <br /> There are four changes in this code that I would like to make and <br /> - one change in the operating procedures of the Water Department <br /> that I would like to make. I will discuss the code changes <br /> ' .o first, and they are as follows: <br /> • <br /> . 1 ) Chapter 70. 02 (2)b speaks of the Water Availability Charge <br /> (W.A.C. ) . At the present time, there is another charge <br /> besides the W.A.C. This charge is a late hook up charge <br /> of $100..00 for homes in existence at the time of the <br /> watermain installation that did not hook up to the water <br /> system by a prescribed date. There are approximately 30 <br /> homes that have never hooked up to the City 's water <br /> • system, and if they hook up to the water system now, they <br /> must pay this late hook up charge. I recommend adding <br /> Section 70. 01 (2)c which says that buildings in existence <br /> at the time of the watermain installation and that have <br /> not hooked up to the water system must also pay a late <br /> hook up charge of $100. 00. The owners of these buildings <br /> have been notified years ago that they must connect to the <br /> � . t <br />