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City Council Meeting Minutes April 19, 2005 Page 7 of 11 City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1467, Series 2005. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested a Staff presentation Public Works Director Tom Phare explained the need to enact a cross connection control ordinance results from a state regulation for drinking water providers to ensure that the public system is not at risk from contamination coming from service taps. The Public Works Department reviewed a number of similar ordinances, the specifics of the drinking water regulations and prepared the ordinance. The Colorado primary drinking water regulations do not specify what type of services, by user class, are to be regulated. Service taps that present high hazards will be subject to the provisions of the ordinance. Service connections that are not high hazard will not be subject to reporting, conducting annual test and related efforts. The Public Works Department will establish an evaluation and scoring system to make initial determinations as to the hazardousness of individual taps. It is anticipated that most, if not all, industrial taps will be regulated. Multi-family residential, commercial and institutional will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The ordinance does not address back prevention devices that are part of private plumbing systems. Those will be regulated by the International Plumbing Code. The Public Works Department's backflow prevention program will address the service line to the private lot. The cross connection ordinance will apply to the City's own services. Backflow prevention devices inside of private buildings will continue to be regulated and managed by the Building Department. The Public Works Department's program will be administered at the tap or at the point of metering. Included in the Backflow Prevention Program will be an educational component for both regulated and non-regulated service connections. The educational program will explain how backflow events could occur, consequences to the public drinking water system and the individual private property owner's responsibilities. Mayor Sisk requested public comment. There were no comments. COUNCIL COMMENT Council member Van Pelt asked if devices are currently in place or would they have to be installed. Public Works Director Phare stated backflow devices are not universal; therefore, many will have to be installed at the property owners' expense. He explained the Public Works Department would perform an analysis on the Industrial users, and those requiring installation of devices will be notified.