Air Force Seeks Discount on Sewer
The Air Force, backed by Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores, is asking the Los Angeles City Council for a $97,000 break on the sewer hookup fee it must pay for its new housing development in San Pedro.
But City Administrative Officer Keith Comrie said in a report to the council that the Air Force, as an agency of the federal government, should be able to afford the hookup fee.
The Air Force, which built 170 units of housing on two sites near the intersection of 25th Street and Western Avenue, is seeking to pay the city at the 1987 rate, less than half the current rate.
Although the housing was hooked up to the sewer system last December, the Air Force has yet to apply for a permit or pay the hookup fee.
Under current rates, the Air Force owes $190,944, but has asked to pay the city $93,483 instead.
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