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Officials ask for usage estimates after planners raise sewer and water capacity questions
Summary
Commissioners asked Hansen and Associates and the project engineers to provide water and sewer sizing and expected user counts after staff noted the facility will tap the existing on‑site system and could materially increase daily water use.
Commissioners pressed for concrete usage data after the Chair noted that hooking a shower facility into on-site water and sewer could increase city-related load. The Chair posed a hypothetical: "you could have up to a 100 different people showering a day" while trucks wait, and asked staff and the Presenter for actual demand estimates and pipe-sizing information.
The Presenter said he expected a standard hookup and believed a 6‑inch sewer line would be sufficient but did not have final mechanical sizing. Staff requested the mechanical engineer's calculations so the city can confirm whether the private on-site system and eventual city connection can handle increased flows and recommended the presenter provide those engineering details before the building is accepted.
