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4 pa.ge 10 7/3/84 Karl Kasch I agree. A 1,000 square foot lot shouldn't be watering mire than one half hour with 2 sprinkler_ locations, 73iat's LS minutesper -cyfle, Somebody downtown with the small lots shouldn t be watering for 3 hours. They should water for just the time it takes. We can't enforce how long some- ' body waters. We can only see if they are watering on their Wards day. It's up to everybody to water just how,.much they need. The whole thing is based on cooperation and trust. If your in Ward 3, don't be watering on Ward 1 day because you're going to be { sucking water away from these people. We don't want to get into a police type state of thing. We want try ~ monitor the system to see how it works. If we need to change things. like extend the hours, we want to do that. This is a very odd thing when you have to draw 33% off total consumption, and as a result we need to ask everybody to help us so we can monitor it and see if it works. Sharon Ward Should we call in if we have a problem. Karl Kasch Yes. Call the water plant or call City Hall during the day. Mayor Meier As far as I'm concerned, and I think there were some places that they couldn't have any water the other day, we stick by the thing the way it was issued. Sharon Ward I think a Councilman witnessed that the heads were ' not popping up. I wonder what kind of legal recourse we have. Mayor Meier That's something I can't answer. I have to refer that to Mr. Rautenstraus and I'm not sure if he has an answer. Mr. Rautenstraus The problem isn't one that has come to us that often to have any kind of judicial decision. Mayor Meier Without going into any special conditions, I want to see us try the three day conditions. I was out in Ward 3 and saw several people watering, and they were not supposed to be watering, and it was on good looking lawns. I think it's just a blatent disregard for what you as a water user would expect people to do. There is alot of problems in that respect. If we can keep people in Ward 3 from watering when you are to be doing it, I think you'll have pressure enough, but we havE to wait and see. If not, then we have to figure out another° kind of system. We have to have people comply or~ i+.'s not going to work. Kurt Anderson 532 W. Buckthorn Way in new McStain Subdivision. The watering restrictions state that I cannot put in a lawn. I have lived in Louisville for the past 5~ years and have been paying the water bills and was told that the last increase was a guarantee that we had water. A sizeable tap was paid by McStain and utlimately by me for the right to have some kind of a lawn. I feel there was a breach of contract with the City to me that I moved into a new subdivision in the city and that an emergency situation can come up in 2 weeks. Covenants require that a certain portion of the lot be landscaped within a 1 year time frame. With watering restrictions going into September, I'm faced to live with a mud hole until next year. I have to pay a full water bill and a tap and have no rights to any water except for the 2,000 gallons per month used for flushing the toilet and washing dishes. I see no reason why I should have to pay a full water bill when I can't have access to the water system.