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Commissioner Bird left the meeting at this point, 11:50 o'clock A.M., to keep a speaking engagement. COUNTY WATER EXTENSION POLICY - OSLO PARK Mike Ekonomou explained that in order for him and his father to obtain site plan approval, they were ordered by Mike Galanis of the Environmental Health Department to hook up to the County water system. The Ekonomous, together with Jack Frantz and James Monger,•installed a 6 -inch waterline to their property in Oslo Park Subdivision. The line, which connected to the County's water system, cost approximately $4,000. He reported that Utilities Director Terry Pinto refused to let them use a 2 -inch pipe and required them to put in the 6 -inch pipe. Director Pinto had informed them that under the Ordinance they would not be reimbursed for any expense when other people on their street hook up to this line, and they thought that was very unfair. Director Pinto explained that the policy has been to require a minimum of 6" pipe to be put into a right-of-way that is going to have public use at a future time because that area will require an increased fire flow. Director Pinto pointed out that if the County had required a line larger than the minimum of 6" to serve future development, then we would have agreed to pay the difference in the cost of material that the larger line would require. In this case, however, we are talking about installing a minimum sized line. The County provided as much as we could without wavering very much from our policy. There is an existing 20" waterline on Oslo Road and the tap on both ends was provided by the County. The connection was a cost that the Ekonomous did not have to incur. Director Pinto felt it was an important policy to retain because reimbursing costs for hooking up every little street would be very difficult to do from an administrative 48 AUG 19AA Boos 57 FmUAa35