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e Mr. Williams asked if there was any other approach the City might adopt to force a showing by an individual that he has an adequate water supply on the property. Mr. Long explained the major problem involves controlling what happens along the connecting line; that persons granting easements would request water hookups, that developers could come along the connecting lines and develop property to tie into the extended service. He said it was possible, perhaps, to address this on an individual basis; but it would be an expensive proposition. Mr. Long indicated that courts recognize the inhabitants of the city have a paramount right to the water produced by the City and that right must be protected, even though the City can sell outside its limits. Mr. Porter, Planning Department, indicated that he would very much like to see the Council approve this policy; that the policy will probably be altered in the future when the County has a more detailed fringe area pIan. Mr. Williams moved, seconded by Mr. Harne 1 , to schedule a public hearing March 28, 1977 on a resolution containing the proposed changes. Motion carried unanimously. Com 3/9/77 File VIII. Council Work Session on 30th and Hilyard Project--Reports dis- tributed to Council. e Mr. AlIen, Public Works Department, said that since 1971 the Public Works Department felt it should have a right to construct an arterial street system for the City based on the 1990 Plan. He said the burden of proof was on the Public Works Department to see that it conformed to basic criteria. He said the 30th and Hilyard Street widening intersection was initiated by the Public Works Department, and that a controversy exists concerning those opposed to growth and highway projects versus those who are in favor of growth and future highway projects. He said there had been a large amount of citizen participation in discussing this issue up to this stage of the process. He said the Public Works Department was advocating this as a needed project and was asking for approval by the City Council. ' Dave Reinhard, Transportation Planning in Public Works, reviewed materials distributed to Council February l7. He reviewed the flow chart and indicated this step in the process was simply asking the City Council to authorize the further process of preparing an environmental impact statement, and authorizing Public Works to proceed with the project. He indicated Public Works would prefer the Council to kill the project at this point rather than to wait e 3/14/77 - 37 2.33