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Charter Commission November 29, 2007 Page 5 DRAFT 178 Ms. Marty replied it does not. She added if a petition is for certain improvements, the feasibility 179 study will need to cover those, e.g., if the petition wants a road from Point A to Point B, staff 180 may say the road should go to Point C; it is expected that staff may modify the improvements 181 requested in the petition because staff will have information on some of the details of what is 182 needed and what is not needed that quite often a neighborhood won't have. 183 184 Commissioner Trehus stated the wishes of the citizens may be tweaked by staff and asked how 185 much they can be tweaked. 186 187 Ms. Marty replied once the staff work is done, the citizens get control again after that. 188 189 Commissioner Trehus stated the option that was petitioned for is no longer under consideration if 190 it has been changed into something else by the City and now the citizens would have to stop it. 191 192 Ms. Marty stated it is important to remember this is not about writing regulations and the Charter 193 document represents a policy statement, not a detailed operating manual on how to do things or 194 what to include in a feasibility study. 195 196 Commissioner Trehus asked whether state law requires that notice be sent to property owners 197 that a feasibility study is being conducted. 198 .•■""\ 199 Ms. Marty replied there is no requirement in state law; however, the City must send notice 200 whenever there is a public hearing on whether to order the work. She added the City Council can 201 order a feasibility study on anything at any time. 202 203 Commissioner Bening stated there are minimum standards that the City must adhere to with 204 respect to the roads. 205 206 Commissioner Storberg asked how this section will apply to storm water drainage and the 207 question of how improvements to the storm water facilities are assessed. 208 209 Ms. Marty replied the only way this relates to that is if you are paying a special assessment for 210 storm water management; the assessment has to be done under these procedures and it is capped 211 at the benefit you receive. She added any fees the City might impose for water running off land 212 would not be covered by the Charter. 213 214 Commissioner Trehus stated in subd. 2, one of the alternatives is to do only the street and asked 215 for clarification of this section. 216 217 Ms. Marty replied a court would go further back in the provision to find guidance; when one of 218 the alternatives includes just the street, it would not have curb, gutter, lights, etc. 219 220 It was the consensus of the Commission that no changes were required in Section 8.05. 221