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Clerk -Administrator and City Council Page Two of Four water system by a spec if.ic date or pay the W0.00 late charge when they hook up. Again, this only affects approximately 30 homes that have never hooked up to the water system. for Repairs. At the present 2) Chapter 70.03, Liability airs to the time, the property owner is re! for rep box service line from his house to the ertybowneir isdalso which is at tha .erry line. The property ,tea hnx (water r•�r airs to the curb stop responsible for rep shut-off). The City is responsible for repairs to the service Line from the water shut -Off to the water main. coe I understand that this is a receflstchang,wasesponsiin the bledEornd that the property owner in the p service line repairs from the house to the water main in the street like a majority of the other cities. Our existing policy causes the City of Mounds View a fair e following amount of trouble. The twaebresPrviceSlineyishleakingp typical situation. If a the city and the the water normally follows the water shut off to the ground sc'owner. cannot determinerwholis�responsihth for property air the leak and bill Cepairing the service line. In most instances, e property owner wants the City to Sometimes the bills are him if it is his reponsibility. not paid fora long time. Every time the City has in the past 1-1/2 years, the repaired a service line the responsibility of the repairs should have been property owner to repair. I recommend changing the language in this section water to make the property owner responsible for repairingng the service line from the watermain to the building. 3) Chapter 70.17 (3). I recommend adding to the last sentence, „_ 6s determined by the Municipality." Emergency Regulations. I recommend adr.ing q) Chapter 70.181 paragraph about the possibility of a to water S section abn. The paragraph could read as water sprinkling be implemented by follows: 'A water sprinkling ban may Mayor. The lawn sprinkling ban the Director of Public Works after he notifies the Clerk -Administrator and May the months of May, June, July, may be implemented for only procedure August and September", This will formalize a for reducing water demand. Attached please find a memo from the Utility Accounting Clerk and Development Director stating that we would Public Works/Community repayments for water meters be like to see the apartment owners p