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<br />MR. HONCHELL: Perhaps to try to shed a little light on <br />that - the Council, as I indicated at the start of this series of <br />hearings, has been working for some time trying to get all of <br />these unconnected structures connected. As part of those con- <br />versations - I can't say with you, because I don't really know <br />specifically who they were with - but people from your organiza- <br />tion and the railroad - various options were discussed. It was <br />the feeling that if you were going to have sanitary sewer, this <br />appeared to be the best option for you - to go through a proce- <br />dure like this, have the City construct it, to be spread over <br />several years. I'm not saying it's painless, but I guess it's <br />the lesser of evils, as it was reviewed several months ago by <br />someone in your organization, and so they wished to get more <br />accurate costs and more information on it. That's why this <br />study was called for. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: There is substantial property owned <br />by the railroad, both east and west of this building. (In- <br />audible) parcel of land that you have nO interest in at all. <br />There's a long strip of property - presumably the railroad <br />could use that in some way - build warehouses or whatever in <br />there - and make more intensive use of that property somehow. <br />'Would this sewer that you're proposing here accommodate anything <br />more than this one situation or would you need others? I guess as <br />a follow-up question - if you would have to have a sewer coming <br />in from another direction to accommodate that whole strip of <br />land, if it was to be developed - where would you go with it? <br /> <br />MR. HONCHELL: This particular proposal calls for a four <br />inch service. Unfortunately, a four inch service, as I said, <br />has to be jacked or bored - it would be expensive construction. <br />It wouldn't be proportionately that much different to put an <br />eight inch in, which is what our standard sanitary sewers are. <br />Although the land is very long, as you say, it would take either <br />another sewer running the entire length of the railroad track or <br />several other crossings to serve additional parcels, or some <br />sort of planned development, where a single service would be <br />brought across or a single sewer line, and then several parcels <br />used off it. We investigated every direction around this <br />parcel, trying to find a better, cheaper way to get a sewer <br />to them. Unfortunately, all the other options are even more <br />expensive, according to our studies. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN CURLEY: How long does your lease run? <br /> <br />MR. HOLMES: I don't know the length of the lease. I <br />don't have the lease agreement with me. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: I guess one thing I would be disturbed about, <br />even if this is used as a warehouse, you will have people coming <br />and going at some point. I'm wondering, as you said - if you <br />capped off the water and sewer - if that would meet the Health <br />Department's standards. I would have some questions in my mind <br />about that action. I understand what you're saying, but 11m <br />also not sure - if you decided to dispose of the building and <br /> <br />5 <br />