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• • <br />TO: Robert <br />FROM: John J~ <br />DATE: April <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />a, City Manager <br />Assistant City Manager <br />SUBJECT: Water and sewer policy outside city limits <br />Background <br />The current policy (dated January 1983) regarding water and sewer <br />service outside the City can best be described as a "good neighbor <br />policy". Upon Council review and approval, water and sewer service <br />for facilities outside the city limits could be provided. <br />Traditionally, Council has considered applications for providing <br />water and sewer for domestic/sanitary needs only. However, if <br />other uses are anticipated the policy does call for specific <br />Council approval. To date, the City has entered into two contracts <br />for provision of water for domestic needs. There have been no <br />contracts for provision of sanitary sewer services. <br />As reported to Council earlier, prevailing conditions and planning <br />assumptions have changed significantly since 1983. One of the most <br />significant changes is the conversion to surface water and the <br />LPAWA contract for a fixed supply of potable water. In addition, <br />the City has been receiving requests for levels of service that are <br />beyond domestic needs only. <br />Per Council's request I have visited with each firm requesting <br />service via the Highway Pipeline letter. We discussed the City's <br />current policy and the City's fixed capacity contract with LPAWA <br />for delivery of surface water. <br />The firms current situation/requests can be summarized as follows: <br />1. Highway Pipeline Trucking: Provides transportation services, <br />trucking, cleaning, storage, hydrostatic testing, repair, <br />refurbishing, etc. of containers used in intermodal <br />transportation. Presently, the cleaning of the <br />tanks/containers takes place off site through an agreement <br />with another firm. Their objective is to relocate this <br />operation to their site and become a full service, or one stop <br />operation, for their customers. They have indicated that <br />their facility will handle only Highway Pipeline accounts (not <br />a public facility) and will not handle sludge now or in the <br />future. <br />