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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 6• OMf�D� STAFF REPORT Report Number: 92-18 5ws EWMARCH 2, 1992 Report Date: 2-27-92 AGENDA SESSION DATE DISPOSITION Item Description: MANDATORY WATER/SEWER HOOK—UPS — CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; Staff sent letters to all residents that need to connect to either water or sewer in accordance with State and City requirements. A number of residents have called to express their concern with the cost involved in hooking up to City systems . There also is concern from a couple of residents that their own well is adequate and they feel that the City should not require that they hook up unless the well is found to be defective. I told these residents that I would forward their concerns to the Council. The issue of mandatory water hook ups is a Council decision, while the sewer hook ups is a matter of state statute. The council could authorize staff to set up a City Improvement project to make the hook ups . This would then place the costs onto the residents taxes. The benefit is that they would not need to use their savings or take out a loan. The down side is that the total cost to the resident is likely to increase compared to the residents contracting the work themselves . Staff is requesting Council direction in this matter. Ric Mjneto -ctor of Public Works RECOMMENDATION;