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Show Wednesday, February 14, 2001 The Park Record A-5 CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-9014 ext. 1 1 1 City Beat P.C. OKs $136,000 for water projects 9 Following difficult water year, Park City is poised to study fees, rates, Judge Tunnel by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF The Park City Council last Thursday OK'd $136,404 worth of waterworks projects. The Public Works Department got the go-ahead to enter into three contracts. ' They are: A $16,620 deal with Lewis, Young, Robertson & Burningham for a water impact-fee study. A $60,000 contract with Rick Giardina & Associates for a study to look at Park City's water user rate and cost of service. A $59,784 contract with Stantec Consulting, Inc. for a feasibility fea-sibility study for the Judge Tunnel. "They are three distinct contracts," con-tracts," Public Works Director Jerry Gibbs said. The first two, Gibbs said, should be completed by May 1. The Stantec study will take about eight months, Gibbs said. The contracts each address a different aspect of the city's water system. The impact-fee study will look at development projections and their demand for water and create cre-ate a method to calculate impact fees. The water-rate study will review customers by meter size and how much water is used and the availability of water resources. Park City wants to study Judge Tunnel before deciding decid-ing if it will continue as a water source. The Rick Giardina & Associates study, Gibbs said, is an economic look at how much it costs Park City to deliver water. "What we're trying to do is look at what it costs us," Gibbs said. He also said the city will deter mine if water costs need to be charged differently. Customers who use more water, he said, might pay more. "Do we need to distribute the costs," Gibbs said. "Their unit cost may be more than someone who uses less water." Under a new rate structure, some customers will pay more and some less, Gibbs said. He said the city might adopt new rates by May 1. The Lewis, Young, Robertson & Burningham study will review the city's water impact fees, which were adopted in 1995. "This is to have a third party look at our system and how we approached it," Gibbs said. Park City wants to study the Judge Tunnel before deciding whether to continue drawing water from the source or to cease using the water from the tunnel. Last year. Park City ran into trouble with contaminated water from the Judge Tunnel and new federal standards will force Park City to further clean water from that source. "We're at a point where if we're going to keep Judge Tunnel as a water source, we're going to have to treat the water," Gibbs said. "It's looking at what does it cost to provide the quality of water we need to provide." The contracts come after one of Park City's toughest water years. During the summer, the city faced a water crisis after below average snowfall the winter before did not provide substantial runoff. The city restricted watering last summer and urged conservation. conserva-tion. If water rates go up, the city hopes people would cut the amount of water they use in hopes of spending less money. Later in 2000, the Judge Tunnel became problematic after elevated lead levels were detected. V - Open for Vafentines frjust about every other aoodt(ina TEXAS BED'S 0 MAIN STREET 1 649-7337 at it Budweiser Clydesdales schedule Park City stop by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF Park City may get a little taste of St. Louis next week. The famous Budweiser Clydesdales are expected for an appearance and trip through part of town on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The Park City Council, though, must approve a master festival license for the event. The City council has scheduled a hearing and a vote at its meeting on Thursday. The Clydesdales would appear in the afternoon and travel from the south end of City Park, up Park Avenue to 9th Street and then up Main Street. They would return to City Park via Swede Alley and Pafk.Avenue. The Qitjj does not expect to close streets for the event but anticipates short-term traffic controls. Park City and St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the parent of Budweiser, are talking about the brewery's interest in the city during dur-ing the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Feb. 21 event would serve as a test for the Games, the city says. The hearing is scheduled for the City Council's Thursday meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. Chat with the City Council, mayor Park City's six elected officials are available to address community commu-nity groups. The five members of the Park City Council and Mayor Brad Olch have agreed to appear at meetings to give updates about city issues. To schedule a City Councilor or the mayor, call Jennifer Byrd at City Hall at 615-5203 or e-mail Byrd at jbyrdparkcity2002.com. Bb We have PT Cruisers! Wm See, Drive & Buy aPT Cruiser today! Call Today! 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