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COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 8, 2002 Mayor Bergeson questioned, if the project proceeds and the residents are assessed, how many years would the residents have to repay the assessment. City Engineer Studenski stated a property owner could pay the entire assessment at one time, or it was typical for the City to allow 15 years to repay an assessment through the tax rolls. Mayor Bergeson confirmed that the proposed assessments were only to make water and sanitary sewer lines available to the property owners and once the project was completed, the property owners would then incur costs to connect to the. City utility lines and to run the necessary plumbing from their homes. City Engineer Studenski stated this was correct. He indicated there would be no requirement at this point for the residents to connect to the City utilities, however, the assessments would be applied upon completion of the project. Councilmember Carlson noted the proposed assessment roll indicated a variety of lot sizes and total increase in market value to the •ty found out after the fact that w this would be addressed assessments. She noted the assessments cannot total more th property. She stated the situation has occurred in the past where it could not charge the full amount of the assessments. She ques if the same situation occurred in this case. City Engineer Studenski indicated the intent was to prep for the project and following through with an assess could establish a dollar amount that the assessment hearing. He indicated there would be the ability t the assessments were challenged. City Administrator Waite Smith question completed to determine the market valu does not have properties appraised indicated the policy in the past has are any appeals. If there was a cha determine the market value roll, then the City could proc s and specifications, request bids ng. He suggested the City Council ul . . t exceed prior to the assessment e project prior to awarding the contract if oint in the process would the appraisals be . City Attorney Hawkins stated the City generally as a question on the amount of the assessment. He e assessment hearing and determine whether there an assessment, then the City would require an appraisal to were no appeals after the adoption of the assessment oject. Mayor Bergeson opened the pub c hearing at 7:10 p.m. Clyde Rehbein, owner of 580 Marshan Lane, stated he had purchased this property from his mother last summer. He explained the reason there were only four signatures on the recent petition was because he had been requesting signatures during the Memorial Day holiday and had only been able to contact four of the residents. He noted one resident had declined to sign the petition and this individual was present this evening. He stated he had not been concerned by this, however, because it was his understanding that only 25 percent of the benefited property owners needed to sign the petition. He did not believe the other remaining residents were opposed to the petition, rather he had simply not been able to contact them. Mr. Rehbein noted the southern portion of 580 Marshan Lane is shown on the assessment roll with an area of 1.66 acres. He indicated if water and sewer is extended to Marshan Lane as requested, he