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I • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council August 1, 1984, Page 4 Councilperson Graves stated that we've talked about clean-up/ green up, encouraging people to beautify; we've got plants out in front of City Hall that are watered frequently. Why should the City penalize people for a seasonal commodity such as water, f.or beautifying their lawns, for having something a little bit pretty, that we're trying to do in front of where we live and work (City Hall),. There should be some kind of winter rate and summer rate for the people that are watering. Relieves the water rate is based on the cost of getting water out of the ground to the consumer, and if it is costing too much, maybe there should be a study made. Mr. Skelton stated that there was obviously a water leak some- where for anyone to use 77,000 gallons of water in one month. He assured the citizens present that many months of work went into setting the water rates, and they were set to pay for itself, knowing it would affect Council's water bills as well. We need to conserve our water for drinking purposes more than any other thing. According to population projections for Texas, unless we build reservoirs to store water. Even with surface water we will not have enough water by the year 2000. He con- • cluded that he would do everything he could to see that a fair and reasonable cost for water, services, maintenance, opera- tion, and replacement of worn out facilities was accomplished. Mayor Pro Tem Gay told the citizens that he appreciated their coming to the meeting, that it shows they are concerned about their rates and the expenditures of the City. Councilperson Westergren said she would like the City to look into the cost of an independent water study - a cost analysis study . 8. Council considered an agreement with the State for .maintenance of traffic signals. City Manager Owen requested that this item be removed from the agenda. On the advice of the City Attorney, we need to get additional information from our insurance carrier before we take action. *The City Attorney had covered item 7 in his earlier remarks. C