Show I I I II J III I I 1 M II I. I 1 j Future City Water Needs Considered At Council Meeting Here Tuesday After a confidence vote from Crom the Moab City Building Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission the Moab City Council moved and passed Tuesday night a resolution calling for range long-range water Improvements costing the city approximately 1 million Something has to be done for Cor the present and the council decided to take care of the present pres pros I ent needs and future needs all at once explained Mayor K E E. E McDougald after aCter the passage of the resolution The passing of the resolution followed a lively discussion among council members the building commissioners a and n d about 30 townspeople who were present resent at the meeting meeting- The dis cuss Ion period lasted over two hours and ended In a general agreement among the majority present that the resolution was needed Center of the discussion was City Engineer Davis Holder nolder The resolution names generally generally generally gener gener- ally three parts Water de development development develop develop- op- op ment sewer development and consolidation of already outstandIng outstanding outstanding out out- standing bonds The water development phase Is broken Into four Cour parts First will be the development of Somerville spring number three The second part calls cans for the construction of a Inch 16 pipe pipeline pipeline line to convey water from the Somerville area The third phase is the construction of increased storage facilities and the last Jast stage calls cans for Cor distribution Improvements Improvements improvements im Im- within the existing system The sewage development phase will Include the construction of an additional sewage age treatment plant and the general expansion of oC sewage facilities The third general punt of the resolution calls for Cor the consolidation consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation and refinancing of all an the outstanding bonds for which the city now has responsibility These bonds will w be absorbed by and Included led In the new b bond nd Approximately tey thousand of the proposed one million willbe will willbe willbe be in the form Corm of refinanced bonds According to present esti esti- mates the de development of the water phase will cost thousand and the sewer development development development de de- de- de will cost thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand to make a total cost of approximately thousand needed to complete the development development develop develop- ment stages The Inclusion n Of the outstandIng outstanding ing bonds into the plan pushes the total bond amount to a 11 little over one million dollars donars During the explanation of the plans to the council and visitors the mayor and city engineer stressed that this is s range long planning that will when completed com coma accommodate a population population population tion of The mayor said that the object ob oh of range long planning Is to eliminate costly piece-meal piece additions additions additions addi addi- through the years He said that the financing will be bo on a year 30 basis and that the system tem tern will still be adequate at atthe atthe atthe the end of the 30 years Fully developing at one time will eliminate extra cost and the inconvenience of doing the project piece by piece the mayor said According to Mr Holder and the mayor the bonds can be paid for tor by a n simple increase inthe in hi hithe inthe the water rates Instead of raising rais rats ing Ilg taxes It was noted by Holder at atthe atthe atthe the meeting that a sliding scale Could be creat created d which would shift shUt the raise In the water fees to the big water users and the small water users would be relatively unaffected Holder HoIder explained that the minimum water fee of for forthe forthe forthe the first three thousand gallons could be raised to and that the rate per thousand gallons gallons gallons gal gal- lons above the minimum could be raised to 22 cents He lie said that the lie residential average water bill would Increase about 3 per month Holder Hoder also pointed out that thata a slight Increase In sewage fees fees- could be instituted Holder Hoder and the mayor made It clear that these Increases could and would cover the bond payments payments payments pay pay- ments for the 30 years Our payment estimates are based on the present population population population tion the mayor said and as the population increases the easier the bond can be paid for tor Increased property assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment In the city elty will wi also be of aid In paying paling for tor the bonds without without without with with- out Increasing taxes the Mayor said On the increase In population Holder Hoder pointed out that the national national national na na- average Increase Is 4 per percent percent percent cent for Cor normal conditions condition lIe He also said that according to his own surveys Moab's population rate would far exceed the norma normal normal nor nor- ma mal rate The mayor reiterated that this Is a range long plan and that we are thinking of populations near the year 2000 The final tin a figures and financing financIng financing ing methods are not completed yet et and are subject to the requirements re- re requIrements requirements re re- o 0 f the bonding agent Peter Writer and of Denver Colo Mayor McDougald told the Times Independent Independent that m more 0 r e detailed Information will be re released re re- leased teased to the public as soon asIt as asIt asit It Is available from the engi engineers engineer's engineers engineer's neer's office and the bonding agents |