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I CABARRUS COUNTY Post Office Box 707 CONCORD. NORTH CAROLINA 28025 MEMORANDUM TO: Charles D. McGinnis/County Manager FROM: Thomas B. Robinson/Planning Direc ~u~-t2-~~ DATE: September 12, 1984 SUBJECT: Silver Maples Mobile Home Park Water Service For sometime Cabarrus County has been working with Mr. Don Sellers of Silver Maple's Mobile Home Park concerning terms of county water service to his develop- ment. Mr. Paul Watson and I met with Mr. Sellers at this development on August 30, 1984, to review the situation once again. Basically, Mr. Sellers wants to secure a commercial rate for water service which reflects a "bulk rate" for water sales. Mr. Sellers maintain's that since his development operates as a regulated Utility, he should receive the commercial or bulk rate for water service. Mr; Sellers further states that if he could secure a commercial rate for his development, he would convey to the county the private water lines in the front part of the development known as Paradise Estates Mobile Home Subdivision. If co~aercial rates are not obtained then he is not interested in conveying these lines to the county. In reviewing this matter with Mr. Seller's, it was noted that there is no specific provision in the adopted county water system policies for bulk water sales to private utilities . where water resale is intended. Nor is there any provision which covers bulk water sales to a development (commercial or otherwise) where the cost of the water was not charged directly by billing but was instead added to the monthly rental of the dwelling unit or dwelling space. When the Cabarrus County water system was being planned, mobile homes including those in parks were considered as individual customers. Farmers Home Administration then used the projected number of customers to develop a rate structure that would cover the proposed budget. The adopted water policies follow this line of thinking in that on page 9, Section D of the policies mobile home parks are allowed to tie onto the county water system the same as a subdivision would with separate meters for each space or lot. Section F allows another option of service. Here a master meter is pruchased. The monthly gross water use is divided by the number of dwellings to get a per family water cost. Then this cost is multipled by the number of dwellings to get the total water bill. I have called a number of counties with water systems and all require mobile home