05-13-86 Council Special Minutes

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MINUTES City Council May 13, 1986 Fahey further reported that the City will not be assessing for any storm sewer improvements, but the costs of the improvements wi11 be put on general taxes. However, if some of the improvements include curb and gutter or street overlay, these portions of the improvements will be assessed. Fahey reported that the City has reached the point where tax levies for improvements are going down and will continue to do so. Therefore, the City is projecting no tax impact on the individual taxpayers from the proposed improvements. The mill rate is going down on other improvements, so the cost of these improvements will be absorbed in the current mill rate. At this point in the meeting, the Engineer reported that the improvements proposed constitute a 3-to-5 year plan for the City. The proposed improvements include storm sewer only in some instances, storm sewer with street improvements, storm sewer with watermain and sanitary sewer improvement, and ponding. However, on1y the storm sewer improvements are being considered at tonight's public hearing and additional public hearings will be held for street improvements as well as watermain and sanitary sewer improvements. The Engineer reported that Gervais Lake is the lowest point in the City and 85% of the City's run-off goes into the lake. About 95% of the City's run-off eventually ends up on Gervais Lake. ~ The Engineer reported that the southwest corner of the City does not run into the lake, but goes into ponds. This drainage may some day be pumped into another system, which eventually will end up in Gervais Lake. The Engineer reported that the City is not considering minor drainage problems tonight, but rather larger ones. The Engineer also reported that in the past the City has never assessed for storm sewer improve- ments and larger improvements were paid for by the City in conjunction with various organizations through agreements. The Engineer outlined some of these. Mr. Fahey reported that the projects that the Engineer will outline for consideration tonight have been prioritized. The first project for consideration is in the area of McP~enemy where the St. Paul Water Works crosses McMenemy. This is a Priority 1 project. The next project is Morrison Avenue and a siphon from Demont to the South end. This is also Priority l. There was question from the audience about running storm sewer the entire length of the street, and also about the addition of water to the drainage easement in the back of some of the properties in the area. The Engineer did not feel much water would be added to the easement, but reported that this would be considered. Also, it is necessary to run the storm sewer as proposed, as it is not recommended that water be run across intersections. Page -2-