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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 14, 2015 agreement wherein the City would finance the project and the County would repay the City for their share of project costs. It is anticipated that this agreement will be reached. The Administrator noted that the City will not be at risk if it proceeds with the improvement hearing and bids the project. At that point if there is not agreement with the County for their participation, the bids can be rejected. Keis introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2015-1-12 — ACCEPTING THE FEASIBILITY REPORTS AND CALLING FOR IMPROVEMENT HEARINGS FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY3, 2015 AS FOLLOWS: IMPROVEMENT NO. 2015-1— CENTERVILLE ROAD — 6:30 P.M.; IMPROVEMENT NO. 2015-2 — SOUTH OWASSO BLVD. — 5:45 P.M.; IMPROVEMENT NO. 2015-3 — COUNTRY DRIVE — 5:00 P.M. The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by McGraw. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. ST. JOHN'S The City Administrator reviewed his report dated January 8, 2015 WATER relative to the St. John's Church request to waive water connection fees SERVICE- for the parish house estimated to range from $683 to $730. The REQUEST Administrator noted that the City had approached St. John's Church TO WAIVE relative to the acquisition of a strip of land adjacent to the warming CONNECTION house. A variance had been granted for the setback of the new warming FEES house, but the City's preference was to acquire additional property so that the warming house would have a conforming setback. As part of the offer to acquire this property, the City indicated that it would pay the costs of directionally drilling a water service to the parish house as part of providing water service to the new warming house. The cost of providing this service was $3,559. The Administrator also pointed out that the County estimated market value for the strip of land is $2,405.70; but noted that an appraisal of the property was not done, therefore, the City saved that cost. The Administrator reported that St. John's has indicated that they may not have connected to City water had they realized that they would be responsible for City connection fees. He also pointed out that while waiving the fee as an additional offset to the cost of the land acquisition is an equity question for the Council, the request does not appear to be unreasonable. 9