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Commissioner Bird asked about fire hydrants, and Director Pinto explained that the utility department places hydrants with respect to their benefit for flushing lines not for fighting fires; so, they refer the developer to the Fire Department who makes a recommendation on placing of the hydrants, and they are generally spaced about every 500'. E. Estimation of Expansion for Future Growth and Policies for Line Extensions. Commissioner Scurlock believed that we very probably are underestimating just how much desire there is out there for water, which he did not believe is the case with sewer. He wished to know if we anticipate existing subdivision to go on a petition basis. Director Pinto reported that Utilities will be asking the Board for some approvals for extension of lines just for the purpose of making a good loop system - for example, at 2nd St., we would want to run a water line that would go from Dixie Highway to 20th Avenue and possibly one from 4th St. to 43rd Avenue. Administrator Wright noted that a line extension policy will be coming to the Board along with the Master Plan. Director Pinto continued that if the County runs a line, we will determine a reasonable cost of an average sized line and that is what the people would pay for that line. We would not want to assess anyone based on oversizing that they don't need. Commissioner Scurlock continued to ask about a vehicle to use to get water into a specific area, i.e., petitioning for service. Director Pinto agreed that is one method that could be followed, but what he would like to do is establish an average cost (about $500 to $600 for extension of a line) and then say that for every customer we can extend the line 1001. For example, if you have a street with ten people, we would extend the line 1,0001. If it happened that just someone at the end of 15 BOOK 59 P�,�E 710 � JAN 3 0 195 J