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002 COUNCIL WORK SESSION MARCH 9, 1987 Mr. Stahlberg suggested looking at a location within the County Park for a tower location and the County could help pay for the facility instead of installing a new system of their own. Mayor Benson asked that he look at this suggestion with the County. On the matter of financing this facility, Mr. Bisel asked if there were any outside monies available. Mr. Stahlberg said no. Mr. Marier said since interest rates are very favorable this may be the best time to set up service for the entire area since piece meal installations only drive the costs up. Mr. Stahlberg explained the game plan is to do all of the planning now and build off of the plan. On the matter of locating the tower, Mr. Stahlberg said he could feed information into his computer and determine where the weak spots are in his plan and find out what happens when you move the tower locations to different areas. He noted the politics in this matter such as where do you get the land. The Council asked Mr. Stahlberg to look at three possible areas for the tower; 1) County Park (Kelling knoll); 2) Country Lakes Park; 3) area near 12th Avenue and Birch Street. Mayor Benson suggested that we may want to put the tower in the County Park even if the County does not want to share the costs. This location may serve the entire municipal water service area in Lino Lakes and no other tower will be required. Mr. Stahlberg said the computer may say it is cheaper to build two towers. Mr. Stahlberg outlined the new MUSA boundaries and suggested that the Council may want to update the Planning and Zoning Board regarding the changes and the reasoning for them. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FINANCING POLICY - LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1987 Mr. Stahlberg reviewed his letter of February 18, 1987. He noted that Page Two deals only with developed areas. Page Three deals with new subdivisions or undeveloped areas. He suggested that when new proposals are considered, that adjoining property also be looked at to see what the impact will be on them. He noted that the City Code should be updated to include these additional requirements: grading plan, minimum basement floor elevations and soils investigation. There was discussion of area assessments. Mr. Stahlberg suggested that since the pipes to Mr. Uhde's development will be oversized to accomodate future growth, the surrounding area could receive an area assessment. Mayor Benson said this could be a problem. Mr. Stahlberg explained that in Andover oversized pipes are financed by trunk sewer or water connection fees plus inflation factors. In this manner the surrounding area is not assessed until it develops. Mr. Marier said he could not go along with assessing anyone who has not petitioned for services. He noted that developers come into an area and impose a Page 2 1 1 1