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388 October 9,1974 FIRCREST SEWER CONTRACT The following memorandum was received from Allen S.Hendricks,City Attor- ney: a has Hucrest Sewer District Request for Sewer Contract for Additional Area eget Background 970,the Dirties=Sewer ism contracted with.the Cite f Bice the c ant T112ecifles2a definite land area t runs to the year 000 tocthe entry contract. City passed its new sewer rate Ordinance m 23]-73,which oc ged the x Subsequent to sewer chargee. The particular a allocation o charges. The allocation uchncharges ex carried over tocthe public bodies contracting with Cite. But Badding a rructionchagee o do outside d ae the 50% surcharge oh 1 was by ordinance 208. etheibasicrchan inthecharges for single family residences Se as follows. • Old Rate New Rate $2.25 for a -charge .$2.50 for der charge 1.12 f 508.surcharge .50 for 208 surcharge 2.25 for cn Lruction charge $3.37 total $=total the case f eircrea Sewer District there was no provision made vi 1970 or the allocation ofthec charge. ince Bal- ly the nCity ordinance cannot abridge provisionsofan existing contract, the Cityisplaced i aaposition of charging$2.50 for the service charge and$1.25 as the s aurcharge. ISSUE The present iseue aro a du a Se ew r istri 'c request end its boundaries on the 197Ocontract. tismy legal ot extend that ifthe 70 c be amended iny • any Way,the City is obligated t in- sist sist o contract othaving the contract amended to the present sewer rate ordinance. n light of these c sDistricre- quests the 1970 c L be amended i any respects but that a new cuted,ntr act with the new rate structure and the new land area be exe- ohis memorandum is th3osed contract of iircre ,S i.' District. Thew contract is i accord d rpresent Cite ordinances, e, '17,"t'" f h `'Lar"`f" 1 y si dth l- C �s18 ]. ...e-4u lent PP„residential th s. each the custo- in this here will be approximately 150 residentijust one connection chage of$1150 r a- al customers involved situ Rd Le y for t said they had n objec- tion to Level, ete tion charge,b they felt the$137.50 con- nection - harge should rbe a charge to theDistrictrather than to each individual resident connection area.