01-22-2018 Council Meeting Minutes

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COUNCIL MINUTES January 22, 2018 APPROVED 135 areas where the water will be extended. Mayor Reinert said he isn't convinced at this point that the 136 extension is needed and continues to receive data. 137 138 John Bergeson, 6996 West Shadow Lake Drive, spoke in support of extending sewer and water. He 139 is thankful for the road improvements and it makes no sense to put the road in without the sewer and 140 water. One point that has been missed is that if you have a functioning well and sewer, you don't 141 have to hook up to municipal utilities; you can keep the well and septic if they are maintained. He 142 feels that hooking up does make a positive difference when it comes time to sell a home. 143 144 Charles Puskas, 6994 West Shadow Lake Drive. He thanked Ms. Hankee for working with the 145 neighborhood; she has fielded a lot of questions and discussed a lot of concerns. He supports the 146 direction this is going and he encourages the council to proceed with the project. 147 148 Donnell Hansen, 6710 West Shadow Lake Drive. She has a newer septic system but she respects 149 other's needs and desires. She wants to know if people with septic systems will be asked to change. 150 Ms. Hankee said that septic systems must be compliant to remain. A building official determination 151 may be involved. Mayor Reinert said it's an important question. He feels that having a 152 noncompliant system would probably mean the system would have to be replaced anyway. People 153 should be able to know as much about that as possible ahead of the project. Council Member Maher 154 discussed with staff the threshold of "failure" that would be used. 155 156 Council Member Rafferty said he assumes that new development would be required to connect to 157 utilities; staff concurred. He also noted the survey numbers presented; it seems that only 33 people 158 responded out of 73 159 160 Pete Anderson, 6769 West Shadow Lake Drive, reported that he moved to the street in May. While 161 he did answer no to getting both utilities, he has heard the argument in favor of sewer. He has a 162 young family including four children and the cost is a big concern for him. He thinks he will have 163 costs even if he doesn't connect and down the line he knows there will be a connection requirement. 164 He also asked if this improvement will impact his property taxation as well. City Administrator 165 Karlson said he will check with the city assessor. The council said all information should be shared 166 with all interested parties. 167 168 There being no further speakers, the public hearing was closed. 169 170 613) Public Hearing: LaMotte Area Water System Extension — City Engineer Hankee reviewed 171 a PowerPoint presentation that including information on: 172 - Project area reviewed on a map; 173 - Neighborhood meeting was held and roadway components were reviewed; sanitary sewer 174 improvement and repair is already included in the project; 175 - There is a proposed water system extension included (shown on a map); 176 - Overall costs reviewed (utility); 177 - Proposed assessments were reviewed; other costs (trunk utility connection and cost of 178 connection from property line to house); 179 - Survey results;