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Show City speculates on sewer laterals Pleasant Grove City Council Vsday authorized the city neer to have the sewer laterals-h laterals-h i'Y's" installed as the sewer ""eis put in Place on 1800 North and 300 West. rttv Engineer Lee Wimmer noted to the council that a city Snance allows for property lmprs to hook on to the sewer when fnasses within 300 feet of their nerty The question was raised as whether the city could require the property owners to hook on at this tlMayrDavid Holdaway noted that ttic property owners on 600 West ere not forced to hook on to the er when the ' line to the new Manila School went past their homes. He added that although he had not tesearched the minutes to be sure the allegation was true, several Manila-area residents had indicated flat they were told by a Previous city council that they would not be forced to hook on to the sewer when Hey asked for annexation to pleasant Grove. Mr. Wimmer stated that the situation had changed considerably since the area was annexed because fle past two or three years have been so wet which has created the high ground water problem there JOW. The high ground water has in turn treated problems with the septic tanks in portions of northwest Pleasant Grove, causing some to fail. The laterals and "YV will be installed at city expense and a determination will then be made after talking to the city attorney to see if the people will be given notice that they will be required to hook up within a certain number of years. The area involved includes 1100 North to about 1500 West and 1800 North from Manila School to Cascade Meadows Subdivision. Jonco Construction is presently placing the sewer line in those areas as part of the sewer line installation project being funded by a Community Com-munity Block Grant totaling $150,000. The sewer line is being extended into Firwood and Cascade Meadows Subdivision as part of a Special Improvement District being financed by the residents of those two subdivisions. Mayor Holdaway reminded the city engineer that the council had previously told the few property owners involved that they would not have to hook on to the sewer. The engineer has encouraged the people to hook on so that the roads do not have to be dug up again and again when each property owner decides to hook up. The decision to go ahead and place the laterals at city expense will alleviate this problem. The city will recoup its expenditure when the property owners do hook up to the sewer in the future. |