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The automatic sprinkler systems in households <br />means that the fire department doesn't need as <br />much equipment and saves the City money, Mr. <br />Bellock stated. "We should try to encourage these <br />kinds of systems, not penalize them by an <br />excessive point structure." Mr. Bellock feels <br />that there should be a top-set on size of tap; no <br />household should have more than a 3/4" tap fee, <br />unless there are special extraneous conditions, <br />ie. acre lots, etc. <br />Anderson addressed the point system outlined in <br />the Ordinance for determining tap size and fees <br />asking Phare if a 3/'4" tap would service most of <br />the homes in Louisville. Phare stated that to his <br />knowledge, all homes'. in Louisville have no larger <br />than a 3/4" water tap. Anderson asked if it was <br />necessary to put residential single family units <br />on a point system given that a 3/4" water tap <br />would adequately service this type of unit. <br />Anderson stated that: the rate structure would then <br />address the consumption with appropriate fees. <br />Phare stated that the tap size is a basis for <br />making demand on the system. When the City sizes <br />its system, plant and distribution lines, the <br />accumulative affect of these taps creates the <br />demand. A one inch tap can create more of a <br />demand than a 3/4" trap. Usually the appliances <br />inside a house will put the demand on the system <br />including peak hour impacts from larger <br />landscaping sprinkler systems. Phare stated that <br />if a larger unit truly put a larger peak demand on <br />the system, that would be reflected in larger <br />water main sizing affecting the treatment and <br />distribution system;, technically creating an <br />impact on the capital infrastructure in delivering <br />the water to a tap. <br />Williamson explainedl that a rate increase speaks <br />to water sales over a period of time. However, on <br />a day calling for a greater peak demand, the <br />impact is on the facility and its ability to treat <br />and deliver water to the consumer. Rates do not <br />speak to this issue. Tap fees recoup those <br />capital costs for th.e infrastructure. <br />Phare clarified that. the automatic sprinkler fire <br />control demand points do not apply to residential <br />under Paragraph C under Table A. The ten points <br />assigned to this type of system is for commercial, <br />not residential. Th.e ten points apply to the 3/4" <br />tap; over that, one would be charged for the <br />physical cost of installation, but no additional <br />points. <br />5 <br />