“The restaurant-to-be will have temporary water again: on the owner/developer’s behalf Madrid sent a sketch and argued with the City, adding that sometimes cars run over the standpipe or the metal is stolen, so the City will allow the temporary meter to be installed in the ground after all.
The next step is completion of construction and installation of a permanent meter, which will still cost $55,000. That consists of frontage fees for both streets (Ed.’s note: which were probably already paid decades ago, when the previous meter was installed), and for the City’s Development Impact Fees, which are calculated for the effect on Redlands’ infrastructure, Madrid added.
I worked in the Water Dept. for many years at the City of Redlands .. It surprises me that the Planning Dept. didn’t offer a Spec drawing of the installation specifications on the water meter , this would’ve made it a lot easier from the beginning.. it’s a good guide for the customer and satisfies the City guidelines at the same time.. and it’s funny all this arguing over a water meter .. they’re not even concerned of keeping the water safe from contamination of the water line from the construction site … The City is not run like it use to , I guess they lost their Spec Books and don’t give the customer a hand with their guidelines … I wish the owner good luck and success after all this run around .! 👍🏻
The meter is in a box in the ground and covered up so that’s probably why no concern about the contamination. I wonder how they get away with charging $55,000 just to put a new meter on to the lateral already there for decades. MM