02-12-2018 Council Meeting Packet

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COUNCIL MINUTES January 22, 2018 DRAFT 4 John Bergeson, 6996 West Shadow Lake Drive, spoke in support of extending sewer and water. He 138 is thankful for the road improvements and it makes no sense to put the road in without the sewer and 139 water. One point that has been missed is that if you have a functioning well and sewer, you don’t 140 have to hook up to municipal utilities; you can keep the well and septic if they are maintained. He 141 feels that hooking up does make a positive difference when it comes time to sell a home. 142 143 Charles Puskas, 6994 West Shadow Lake Drive. He thanked Ms. Hankee for working with the 144 neighborhood; she has fielded a lot of questions and discussed a lot of concerns. He supports the 145 direction this is going and he encourages the council to proceed with the project. 146 147 Donnell Hansen, 6710 West Shadow Lake Drive. She has a newer septic system but she respects 148 other’s needs and desires. She wants to know if people with septic systems will be asked to change. 149 Ms. Hankee said that septic systems must be compliant to remain. A building official determination 150 may be involved. Mayor Reinert said it’s an important question. He feels that having a 151 noncompliant system would probably mean the system would have to be replaced anyway. People 152 should be able to know as much about that as possible ahead of the project. Council Member Maher 153 discussed with staff the threshold of “failure” that would be used. 154 155 Council Member Rafferty said he assumes that new development would be required to connect to 156 utilities; staff concurred. He also noted the survey numbers presented; it seems that only 33 people 157 responded out of 73 158 159 Pete Anderson, 6769 West Shadow Lake Drive, reported that he moved to the street in May. While 160 he did answer no to getting both utilities, he has heard the argument in favor of sewer. He has a 161 young family including four children and the cost is a big concern for him. He thinks he will have 162 costs even if he doesn’t connect and down the line he knows there will be a connection requirement. 163 He also asked if this improvement will impact his property taxation as well. City Administrator 164 Karlson said he will check with the city assessor. The council said all information should be shared 165 with all interested parties. 166 167 There being no further speakers, the public hearing was closed. 168 169 6B) Public Hearing: LaMotte Area Water System Extension – City Engineer Hankee 170 reviewed a PowerPoint presentation that including information on: 171 - Project area reviewed on a map; 172 - Neighborhood meeting was held and roadway components were reviewed; sanitary sewer 173 improvement and repair is already included in the project; 174 - There is a proposed water system extension included (shown on a map); 175 - Overall costs reviewed (utility); 176 - Proposed assessments were reviewed; other costs (trunk utility connection and cost of 177 connection from property line to house); 178 - Survey results; 179 - Proposed project schedule. 180 181