HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 09-14 Residents question water main, seek answers THE REVIEW Residents question water
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by Anne Skinner hearing is how much legal benefit, or "The City of Maplewood should pay just
increase in property value, have the as much as the people on Flandrau. Why
A dispute over the installation of a new abutting properties received. assess us for the eight inch main?" he
water main along a Maplewood street According to the neighborhood asked.
erupted during the city's Sept. 8 council residents, they have received no benefit. The residents were told they would have
meeting. According to Walter Pehoski, They contend the existing pipe was in an opportunity to voice their concerns
1772 Flandrau, installation of the Flan- satisfactory condition. "I've lived on regarding assessments at the for-
drau main was totally unneccessary. Flandrau for 35 years and never had a thcoming assessment hearing. The
"We're not arriving at a single benefit problem with the water," Pehoski said council explained it would take no action
that we're going to derive from a 24 inch about the 50-year-old six inch water main. on the issue until the hearing.
main,"Pehoski said about the new pipe.
He told the council the original six inch
water main suited the neighborhood well. ^ reu�A
"And we were told the new main would
increase the water pressure," he con-
tinued, "We have less pressure now."
According to Dennis Peck of
Maplewood's engineering department,
the pressure is due to increase slightly
when the city completes a loop of the
system,connecting the main on Frost and
on Larpenteur.
"Now, it's open on one end. The
pressure will probably increase a little
when it's hooked up at the Larpenteur
end."Peck said he expected the hook up
to be completed within a number of days.
Pehoski, speaking for the neigh-
borhood,said he felt the cost of the main
should be distributed throughout the city.
Mike Miller, city manager, later ex-
plained the city's current intention is to
assess the Flandrau residents for the cost
of an eight inch main, the average size
pipe installed in the city.
"They will also receive a credit for the
life left in the six inch main, how much
credit will be determined at the
assessment hearing next year," Miller
explained.He said the other question left
to be resolved at next year's public