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MINUTE5 CITY COUNCIL JUNE 11, 1991 standing water in her ditch that there are ducks in it as well. The Engineer agreed that the City should look at the area south of Allen Avenue. The Engineer then recapped the proposed drainage improvements, pointing out the two options for ditches #1, #2, and #3 include regrading and resodding with the possibility of drain tile installation as well. The Engineer stated that ditch #4 is a unique situation from the others. Hanson asked if there was any financial assistance the City could provide to reduce the cost of the improvement to the property owners. The City Administrator replied that financial assistance would be a decision of the City Council. There is the potential for using excess Tax Increment funds from the Thunder Bay project to alleviate some of the burden to the property owners. This would be similar to what was done for property owners in the Payne Avenue overlay project. The issue is the level of assistance the City would provide. Scalze asked how much assistance would be feasible. The Administrator pointed out that estimated cost of the improvement is $50,000. The Thunder Bay Tax Increment Financing District will generate about $65,000 per year in increments. Ae also emphasized that some property owners indicated they never finished the ditch in the first place. Therefore, the City should not pay all of the cost. Blesener felt the situation was somewhat different from the Payne Avenue overlay project, pointing out that in that project the City was dealing with the life of the street as well as improving the street to a higher standard. Blesener stated that he was disappointed that after the discussion that was held at the neighborhood meetings, the area south of Allen was not looked at more closely to determine to what extent it should be included in the project. Blesener questioned whether it was feasible to install drain tile in the area of the walk-out homes, pointing out the limited elevations there are to work with. Blesener felt that ditches #1 and #2 should be cleaned out to the north of Allen and as far south as possible. Ditch #3 should be cleaned to the north, but Blesener was not sure it needed to be cleaned to the south. On ditch #4, Blesener felt storm sewer should be put in north of Al1en, and the culvert on the south end corrected. Blesener felt that TIF assistance should be used to pay Page 13