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I ~ ~ • • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council September 19, 1984, Page 2 Motion contra made and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons and Mayor Cline Nays: None ayes Westergren, Malone, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton Mr. Spradling arrived and addressed Council. His concern is the possibility of the .City selling water to BayMUD, because BayMUD had voted last year not to become a part of La Porte and yet want to use~our water. He~is concerned with high water bills, and feels citizens are paying exhorbitant rates compared to other area communities because~of the high sewer charge. He feels if BayMUD purchases water from the City, although they will be paying 150$ or 125$, they will pay no sewer charge. He mentioned that the water bill for the Fairmont pool was $500 last month, and none of it goes into the sewer; it is pumped into Big Island Slough. He feels if the City can sell BayMUD water with no sewer charge, then the citi- zens should be able to enjoy the same privilege for the water used for the pool in the off-season. Mr. Spradling also addressed Council regarding a 7-11 store that is being constructed at Fairmont Parkway and Farrington. The builders have removed the entry signs into Fairmont Park and did not notify either the City Building Official or anyone repre- senting the Fairmont Homeowners' Association to see if they wanted to salvage the sign or to tell them they were going to remove it. He feels someone with the City should call the builder and reprimand them for not at least notifying them of their intentions to tear down the sign. Mr. Spradling requested the City give them some financial help to build a new entrance.' Mayor Cline stated she was not aware of~the signs being torn down. Mr. Owen said the signs were already down by the time he learned of it, but the signs were on private property. Mayor Cline agreed with Mr. Spradling that they should have at least notified them in case they wanted to salvage any of the material. Mayor Cline said we will look into the possibility of getting some signs put back up out there. 6. Council considered a contract with Bayshore Municipal Utility District to serve the Lakeland Group. The Mayor requested an executive session on this item.