BOOK 19_1942-09-08 to 1945-05-07

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.lief immediately. Mayor Granger stated that the Council knew nothing of the matter until the last • meeting and that he did not believe it was the fault of the Council that nothing has been done about the conditions and up to this meeting nb definite application had been presented to the'Council. Councilman Anderson stated that he had been on the Council for six years and that this was the first he had heard of the problem. He stated he knew something of the condition in the district and his thought was for the City Manager to bring back a report at the next meeting which would help the people in the district. Councilman Fletcher stated that a tentative agreement had been presented to the Council at its last meeting and it was not adopted due to the fact that Mr. Frost had not been consulted as, to the plans. He believed it would be well to. move to go ahead on the agreement as presented at the last meeting as long as Mr. Frost had now approved the plans. Councilman Armstrong brought out the, fact that the district's attorney objected to the agreement as presented at the last meeting. City Manager Mead stated that the districts attorney had never contacted the city and the engineer had. consulted the city only once. The only contact with the attorney has been the copy of a letter written to the district Is engineer. He did not feel that the City Attorney and he should be held responsible for not having been able to reach a decision, and believed it was the responsibility of the district's attorney to draft a.contract that is agreeable•to them as well as to the city. Councilman Fletcher was of the opinion that in order to give the district relief the agreement be passed at this meeting on Mr. Roast's recommendation. Mayor Granger said the point of discussion was in regard to the charge for connecting to our sewers and whether the charge would be agreeable to the district. City Attorney McCarthy stated that he thought 20 cents on the $100 would pay the cost of maintenance and would leave the district with a little surplus to pay their normal expenses. Councilman Anderson stated he realized this was a serious matter and believed the Council should have a recommendation as to the amount to charge .from the City Manager and from the district's attorney which would be legal and on which the Council could act. He aslred'Yr. Mead if he were in a position to make a recom- mendation at this meeting. City Manager Mead replied that he was not inasmuch as he believed the agreement should be accepted by the district first. He would be willing to hold a meeting with their attorney and engineer and work out an agreement to present to t1E district at its meeting before the next Council meeting. In that way, the Council would know what the district would be willing to pay. Mrs. Petitclerc asked if the contractor could go ahead with the work immediately before a charge had been agreed upon. It was decided that this would "not be advisable. Councilman Anderson's motion passed with Councilman Britschgi voting in the negative. City Clerk Dodge read communication from the Planning Commission recommending adoption 0 �l [l