HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 05-20 St. Paul should provide water pressure - Greavu REVIEW St. Paul shouldprdé
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water pressure---Greavu
Maplewood should force the tract with the water board calls
St. Paul Water Board to provide for normal pressuresat the city
adequate water pressure to the boundaries.
city, Maplewood City Council- The council still must resolve
man John Greavu said Thurs- within the city water
day. system,other councilmen said.
The council Thursday modi-
M®plewood fied its building moratorium in
low-water pressure areas to ex-
"I'M GOING to call some clude isolated single-family and
senators," Greavu said. "I'm two-famil residences.
The moratorium was declared
going to tell them to get their
boas down here and do some- after the council turned down
thing with these babies if the $10.3 million in proposed water
don't come across." y system improvements.
Councilman Burton Murdock, allowThat action was modified to
however, said he doubts wheth- homes b u i l d i n g aoft isolated least150
er a visit from Maplewood offi- separated lbyd at 150
cialswill have much effect. feet from other buildings.
"YOU GO DOWN there, you CITY FIRE trucks can carry
enough water for a house fire,
take your shotgun," he told, Mayor Robert Burton noted, but
Greavu. "That's the only way not enough to fight fires in
you're going to convince them,.
because they sure as hell aren't apartments or industrial areas.
re
because they
Greavu dissented on the mod-
ification, saying the moratorium
City Engineer Bob Collier is "the most asinine thirig• this
pointed out that the city's con- •council has ever done."