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251 j policy that a developer must bring utilities to his property from the nearest available point, a set of drawings was prepared by the City Engineer or his staff, and that a sewer line was constructed according to this map, which was stamped as built, but.never signed, on this same map there is a water line going within 150 feet of that property, but City Manager Malone does not believe this was built because they made the assumption, the city had given Mr. Abbott a tap on the city line, he had service, there was a fire hydrant on Stone Ave, and at that time there was no fire code, the fire hydrant was considered within a safe distance, the city did not see any need to go to the expense of building that line, but the map stayed in the files. Mr. Abbott's now is involved in a transaction to sell his lot north of of Abbott's Furniture, and his buyer comes to the city asking what he needs to do to develop this property, and was told he would have to run sewer from where the sewer exist up to the property, and was told water was there, a 2" line runs across the lot. An opinion was offered to the buyer that would be true except the new fire code requires a fire hydrant within 150 feet of the building, and there is no main that close for a commercial structure, that he would have to run the main to get the fire protection yin. At this point, he was given additional misinformation, relying on a drawing thinking that the main ended at Stone Ave., and he was given an estimate of the costa Mr. Bill Abbott appeared before the Council in behalf of his request stating this is a plotted deeded lot, and was not subdivided, it was a separate lot coming into the city on annexation. Mr. Abbott advised that his buyer wishes to build a Medical Supply Company on this property, Mr. Taylor checked with the city to see what he had to do to get water and sewer service to this property. Mr. Abbott said they knew he would have to extend the sewer line 150 feet. The City staff told Mr. Taylor that the two inch water line was fine. Last Monday the City came back and told Mr. Taylor they had made a mistake, that he would have to run a 6 water line from the south side of Abbott Furniture, 1.50 feet of extension because we did not have a fire hydrant. Tuesday the City staff said, there was another error, the line will have to be extended 500 feet from Stone Ave., the map was wrong plus the fire hydrant. Mr. Abbott said after several meetings with City staff, they agreed to uncover the water line, and found we had only a 300 feet extension to make. Mr. Abbott agreed to put afire hydrant on the end of this line, Mr. Taylor agreed to run the sewer line, but Friday the City Manager and City Attorney informed Mr. Abbott they could not make a tap on a 2" water line. Mr. Abbott said in his opinion, when the city made the two taps, they said this is a city line, otherwise they would have told me to get a plumber to make those tapes, and when property is annexed into the city with a 3/4" line those are city mains. After further discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Clifford to extend the water line, and not to go any further north of the water meter on the south side. The motion died for lack of a second. Mr. Abbott request that the city allow him to tap on to the 2" line and install the water hydrant, and this would solve the problem. I � I