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Regular City Council Meeting <br />May 12,2003 <br />Page 21 <br /> <br />the Corner Drug Store in the mid 1970's. He said that at this point until <br />about a year ago, the building was allowed to go into a decline. They <br />purchased the building about a year ago from a local business man who had <br />started improvements. Since then, they have made improvements aiming for <br />an early summer 2003 opening. Mr. Asay said the problem that they have <br />is they have no sewer service and the City of Paris does not feel any <br />responsibility to provide them with one. Mr. Asay advised that his request <br />is that the City of Paris provide sewer service to the property. <br /> <br />Mayor Fendley said it was Council's understanding that the line Mr. Asay <br />is trying to tie onto has collapsed. Mr. Asay said that to his knowledge there <br />is a collapse in the line about two feet beyond his property. They have run <br />a sewer camera into it and could not go very far beyond their boundaries. <br />Mayor Fendley asked if the line runs to the north. Mr. Asay said no, he did <br />not think so. He said he thinks the line runs to the east under the adjoining <br />building. Mr. Asay said the city does not have records or plats to indicate <br />where the original lines were, because they have asked for those and the city <br />cannot provide those records. <br /> <br />Councilman Guest asked when they ran water through that line to blow it out <br />originally, did it not come up in Mr. House's building. Mr. Asay advised <br />that when they ran water under normal pressure from Mr. House's city water <br />meter, it ran for hours before it backed up anywhere and they assumed they <br />had an open line. When it became time to pump the basement out, which <br />had filled with city water time and time again, with a two inch hose with <br />more pressure, it did back up into House Jewelry and Gene the Jeweler's. <br /> <br />City Attorney Schenk wanted to know if it was Mr. Asay's understanding <br />that the line is collapsed from the city owned line. Mr. Asay said it was his <br />understanding that anything beyond his property was the city's <br />responsibility. City Attorney Schenk said that was not correct. It is a <br /> <br /> <br />