Wellsville
continues work on changes in water laws
By Jeremy Wilkins
February 18, 2005 | WELLSVILLE -- More
was heard and spoken of a proposed code change Wednesday
night which would require the transferring of water
to the city upon annexation or subdividing of property.
City Manager Don Hartle said based on the first draft
of the proposed code, he anticipates there will probably
be several more drafts before the code will be finished
because of the amount of work required to finalize such
a proposal.
"Everybody's realizing now that in order to have growth,
they've got to have water and that doesn't mean that
we use up all of our existing capacity and then start
looking for it, you have to look for it right now so
there will always be a buffer," said Bruce Jorgensen,
Wellsville City Attorney.
Jorgensen also said he suspects this ordinance will
be amended several times and Hartle agreed by saying
it would take at least two or three drafts to get things
right.
The engineering firms of Cache Landmark, J-U-B and
Jones and Associates were chosen to represent Wellsville
after the interviewing of five engineering firms on
Feb. 2 and holding a closed executive session Wednesday
night in which the council discussed a potential contract
for the firm selected.
"That is a really, really tough job to select an engineer,"
Hartle said, and instead of choosing one he said the
council decided on all three to offer more expertise
in engineering matters.
A proposed ordinance for erosion control from storm
water was also discussed by the council. Hartle said
there will need to be an interlocal agreement and it
will require something all cities can work with.
"This is an issue that has Logan City divided," said
Councilman Ron Case. A huge concern is the cost of enacting
the proposed ordinance, and that it is something which
must be done and also financed wholly by the cities.
Public input was given to consider the recommendation
of the planning commission from Feb. 9 for a request
from Jed Clark that the general plan be amended to allow
property in the vicinity of 675 East 200 South be rezoned
from RA-5 to RA-1. It was granted by the council to
amend the plan with the stipulation for Clark to pay
for a survey of all the land involved.
The preliminary plat for Phase 3 and the water pressure
station for the Red Slide subdivision, which was approved
by planning commission on Feb. 9, were discussed and
also approved by the council pending the recommendation
for the same modifications given by the planning commission.
The additional building lots for the Hardin subdivision
at 315 East 100 North and Rex Leatham subdivision at
10 North 200 East, which were unanimously granted approval
by the planning commission on Feb. 9, were also voted
on and unanimously approved.
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