From: Leota Childress

Sent: Sat Feb 22 12:08:54 2020

To: Gerald Fisher

Cc: Keith Swigart; Elizabeth Klein; Dan Huff

Subject: Sewer Classifications

Importance: Normal

Hi Gerald, I hope it's not too late to take this into consideration.

I would like to reconsider putting churches in the Commercial II class. A church's use of their kitchen is far below that of the other four businesses it is listed with. Often, a church kitchen consists of a sink, cookstove, and refrigerator and there are some that are full kitchens, although I've never seen one with frying equipment, therefore, less grease. The load on a church kitchen would most likely be below many of the businesses in Commercial I.

C. Commercial II.

1. Churches (each, with food service/kitchen);

2. Drive-in restaurants (each, with food service/kitchen);

3. Taverns (each, with food service/kitchen);

4. Full-service restaurants and fraternal clubs (each, with food service/kitchen, with grease trap); and

5. Institutions (each, hospitals, schools, nursing homes).

I am familiar with three church kitchens.

1. 1. The Christian Church - they cook breakfast on Sunday morning during the winter and occasionally use it at funerals.
2. 2. Foothills Community Church - To my knowledge they don't prepare any foodstuffs. When they have events, food is brought in and served. Water is used for clean up, drinks, etc. I would say on average that use doesn't usually exceed once a week.
3. 3. St. James Catholic Church - they do have a full kitchen but no frying equipment. Again, the kitchen gets minimal use.

The main point is that churches use their kitchens minimally. As pointed out in the first paragraph, the load from churches is most likely below many other Commercial I businesses.

Thank you,

Leota Childress

City Council President

City of Molalla

503.829.6855