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regular meeting, july 14, 1969 page three I Peter Rodriguez, jr. came before the Council tp request that sk blocks in Sunset Acres Addition be paved. He reminded the Council that paving had been delayed until the d~ainage project was completed. The City Manager reported that Walter Feltner and W.C. Carson, owners of property in Sunset Acres, had agreed to pave some of the streets mentioned in Mr. Rodriguez' request: Lockwood, Ebony, Oakdale, pa~t of Parker and part of Hays Streets. Among those who spoke in favor of the paving ~eque.t were Ramiro Lugo and Augustin Esoinoza. Mr. Bean said if the weather were favorable, paving should be completed thii year on an extension from Candlelight to the intersection of Lockwood, at no cost to the property-owne~s; resu~fac- ing Patricia Drive, Woodcrest, part of Parker, part of Hays, Candlelight Lane and part of Broadway. Mr. Rodri- guez thanked the Council for the drainage project and for the scheduled paving in Sunset Acres. The City Manager distributed copies of the Traffic Survey Report prepared by Walter Klappro~b. Mr. Bean stated Mr. Klappro<t'!:l.would come before the Council, July 28, to discuss the report. The report of the study cOmmittee on the requested gas rate increase proposed by United Gas Company was given to the Council. Following are the recwmendations made to the Council, after meeting with Kenneth Finch of Ernst (1 Ernst, and with representatives of the Gas Company: I a. The proposed rate ordiriance contains an escalation clause, which provides for an automatic increase, should the gate price of gas for United be increased. Granting an escalation clause, in effect, removes the prerpgative of the City Council to consider rates as provided by State Statutes. b. No increase in rates was proposed by United Gas for large commercial users. This area of revenue for United Gas has shown the largest increase over the past fi~e years. The committee felt that a portion of the rate increase should not be limited to resi- dences and small commercial users, but should be spread to the remainder of the Gas Company's customers. c. The rate of return asked by United Gas is 7!%. Should the Federal Surcharge be removed, the new rate of return would be 8.1%. The committee felt that a stipulation should be included in the rate ordinance to reduce rates in the event the 10% Federal Surcharge is removed or reduced. A formal report to the City Council should be available by the July}8 meeting In order" for the entire Council to mak'; a .decislon. I d. Any proposed rate increase would be applicable to the existing company, and would not apply to its successors or assignsl The City Manager said these points had been discussed with the Gas Company, and recommended that the Council table the matter until a reply lS received from United Gas Company officials. A letter from several residents of Bugg Lane, requesting the name of the street be changed, was read aloud by the Mayor, See attached. Mr. Flores reminded the Council that the last