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t4INiIT7'sS C'.i.ty Council 1Peb. 23, 19£33 Watermai.n The [:ngi.neer rcport:ed t:Yiat: he estimates the cost: of. the wat:erma~ir~ I{eari.ngs i.mprovement: at `¢30 per f.ront foot. 'Phe P,np,i.neer reported that whait (Cont.) tl~ie City has done ~ln the past is talce all the w~termain improvements i.n one ye~z and average the cost of t)ae i.mprovemenes and everyone would pey the same assessment. The Fngineer, reported ttiat the cost of. a coatermai.n improvemenC i.n 1982 was $?4 per f.ront .f.ooe. Mr. Car7.ey r.eported th~t ~in t:he past t~e City has used a 1.5 year bond i.ssue, but perhztps this coi11. be cut doom. Dr. Ivance commenY:ed tkiat l.asr. year he came to a Council meeti.ng and requesCed water.. Hocaever, t:he watermai.n was ended bei'ore i.t reached tlle Tvance pro~~erty. Dr. Ivance aslced whi.c:)i year's rates l~ie would be requi.red to pay. A7rs. Nardi_ni repl~i.ed that: there was an error on Ck~e par.t of t:he City and Dr. Ivance would pay the 19fl2 rates. Mr. 4~lanson repor.ted that the Ci.ty i.s not tryin~; t:o se1.1 water, bUt just trying to qive ti~e neopl.a the 1oo:i.c behind wh~~t the City has done. M,r. Desai. commented that accordi.np to hi.s calculati.ons the people on Dianna Lane orould havF~ to pay ~48.50 per front foot. The I3ngi.neer replied that the f.~igure of $30.00 per f:ront foot i.s predicated on the ent:ire i~nprovement p,oin~ i.n. The cost of the Dianna Lane i.mprove- ment alone would be higher than the ~030.00 fi.gure. 13y including Di.anna i.,ane i.n with other areas of:' Che City, the cost to the D:ianna Lane resi.dents comes down. The Enginear replied that the rc>.ason t,hat the Dianna Lane i.mprovement woulci be more expensi.ve al.one i.; that: Di.anna Lane has a dul-se-sac and three double f.acing lots. The City Clerk aslced i.f: the l.ot: in the Warner Additi.on would be i.ncluded i.n the Di.anna Lane :i.mprovement. 7'he Engi.neer repl.ied [hat it woulcl not zis thi.s 1.ot f.ronts on Keller. Yartaoay. P4rs. Kingstey stated that she understood there o~ere to be tsvo pri.ces, one for. Di.anna Lane wi.th a repaved r.oad and one w:i.r,h a patchecl road. 7'he Engi_neer reported that on Di.anna Lane t11e Ci.ty has proposed a enti.rely repaved r.oad. The reason for this i.s T.hat i.n the past the City has just patched in the wacermain and the resident:s of. the area have compl.ai.ned about th:is. Mrs. Scalze pointecl out that Dianna Lane is currentl.y a good sY.reet and suggest:ed C:hat pcrhaps the str.eet could be patched and then seal- coated Che f:oLlow:ln~ year. The Fsngineer reported that the cost of: the new street woul.d be aibout :~30,000. Krs. Scalze pointed out that this was abouC $1,000 per I.ot:. 1'a~e -5-