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R Agenda Section:9_ mos REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 91_127c Report Date: council Action: 12-19-91 if C��n STAFF REPORT ❑ Special Order of Business December 23, 19 91 ❑ public Hearings 1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE ❑ Consent Agenda Council Business Item Description: Ordinance No. 501 - Revision of Chapter 70 of the Municipal Code, Requiring Mandatory Water Connections Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report Nil& - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; This fall staff and Council discussed the number of residents that currently are not served by the Municipal water system. It appeared that there was a consensus that the City Code should be amended to require all buildings designed for occupancy to be served by the municipal water system. Currently there are 30 residential buildings not connected to the municipal water sys- tem. Chapter 70 of the Municipal Code does not require connection to the municipal water system. Staff proposes that the attached ordinance be approved if the Council deems it appropriate to require connection to the municipal water system. The benefits from requiring connection to the system are primarily public health benefits. Assurance that all citizens have access to a water supply that has been disinfected is the primary benefit. Access to a fluoridated water supply is another health benefit. A final health benefit is the assurance of a reliable supply of water; shallow wells can be impacted by drought and contamination much more easily than the deep wells serving the municipal sys- tem. Iic e r City Engineer/Director of Public Works RECOMMENDATION; Staff recommends that the first reading of Ordi- nance No. 501 be done at the December 23 , 1991 Council meeting and schedule the second reading and Council action for the Janu- ary 13 , 1992 Council meeting.