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John Franklin's office a few days later to sign the Agreement, that provision was taken out and the Helmses would like to know why. Mayer: I would like to know why, also. I need some background information, being new to Council. Howard: The last Council had agreed to refund the tap fee, because of the concern that the Helmses not be penalized when they come to the City. As far as I understood, that was still to be in force. Brand: That was a motion made at the December, 1990 meeting, but it came back to be discussed in December, 1991. It was not a part of the motion. Did Council intend for the motion that was made in December, 1990, to be a part of the decision that Council made in December, 19917 Davidson: I made the original motion to rebate the one-half back to the Helmses. Having reflected on that since then, I realize that it would not be a very good precedent to set. Then, every property owner who had a water tap, who annexed to the City, under fairness, would ask for the same thing. When I made the motion, I was trying to be conciliatory toward the Helmses, so they would feel they were being treated well by the City. If I had to do it all over again, I think I would prefer not set such a precedent. Mayer: Susan, do we have a general policy on this and are we violating it? Will we be setting a precedent tonight that Council can't reverse later by a different policy? Griffiths: I am unaware of a general City policy or Ordinance for a rebate of the taps. The Council has the discretion to either permit or to not permit the rebate. The Helmses request has been before the City Council twice. In 1990, they were 7