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MINUTES City Council July 13, 1988 Saiko Fahey stated that the City needs some detailed engineer~ing analysis of Drainage the r•un-off and a per•centage basis for• assessing the cost of the Matter~ impr•ovement. (Cont.) The City Engineer• again pointed out that the City has never assessed a storm sewer~ project in the past. Fahey pointed out that due to the unique cir•cumstances of the Sleepy Hollow impr•ovement, the City would have assessed the impr•ovement had the proper~ty owner~s not r~eached an agr•eement for~ paying the cost. Fahey stated that City policy has not deter•mined that stor•m sewer• pr•ojects will never• be assessed. Fahey pointed out that the City requir•es developer~s to i nstal l thei r own stor•m sewer•s as par•t of thei r• pl at. Fahey asked if the r•un-off coming from the mobile home cour•t's pipe was just fr~om the mobile home cour•t or• coming fr•om other• sour•ces as well. Blesener~ felt the situation was not much different from the stor~m sewer~ pipe to be installed between Valento Lane and Thunder• Bay Road in that the benefited proper•ties will pay the cost. The Saiko's disagr~eed with the contention that ther~e was a gr~ound water~ pr•oblem in the area noting that hay used to be harvested in the area. The Saiko's repor~ted that when the tr•ailer• par•k developed,a natur~al pond was filled in and water~ fr~om that pond has found the next lowest point. The City Engineer again r•epor•ted that ground water• levels in the State have r•i sen over the 1 ast 10 years. The Engi neer• al so r~epor~ted that ther~e ar•e natur~al spr~i ngs i n the ar~ea and poi nted out that the Demont stor~m sewer only stopped r~unning about two weeks ago and has begun running again since the recent vain. The Saiko's commented that if there ar•e springs in the ar•ea, the stor•m sewer would never~ have stopped r~unning. Scalze commented that the pipe fr•om the tr•ailer~ park has cr~eated a little pond and ther•e is no outlet for~ this water•. Scalze pointed out that the catch basin in the ar•ea is above the level of the pond. The Council again instr~ucted the City Engineer• to review the ar•ea and deter•mine the pr•operties contr•ibuting to the pr•oblem and make a r•ecommend- ation on how to assess these proper•ties on a percentage basis. The Council asked for• this recommendation in two weeks. The Saiko's did not feel that they should have to pay any par~t of the cost of the impr•ovement. Fahey suggested that the per•centage that the Saiko's would be r•esponsible for~ may be acceptable to them. Fahey pointed out that the study would be r•eady at the next Council meeting. Page -10-