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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 25, 2003 APPROVED 191 •192 Councilmember O'Donnell stated his biggest concern is doing this piecemeal. He stated he would be 193 more comfortable approving the plan for this area if he knew how the sewer solution for Haley Manor 194 would work for the rest, and knew when they went to the Metropolitan Council they would be going 195 for all of the area. 196 197 City Planner Smyser indicated there is an alternative. They could send in the Comprehensive Plan 198 Amendment for the entire area, including all the parcels that front on Lois Lane rather than just the 199 few involved in Haley Manor. This would allow Haley Manor to be platted and utilities to go that 200 far, and the City would have alternatives to bring utilities further and subdivide the other parcels at a 201 later time. They could change Resolution 03-119 to include the entire area. He indicated the 202 resolution says once they get the MUSA reserve they would not allocate it until a plat comes in, so 203 they would know how the sanitary sewer would be provided, as well as storm water drainage. This 204 would give them the opportunity to do something with the remainder of the area in the future but not 205 lock the City into anything until a plan is proposed. He indicated they have an alternative resolution 206 prepared which includes all of Mar Don Acres with frontage on Lois Lane, listing by Lot and Block, 207 which specifies MUSA reserve will only be allocated with plat approval. He stated this would move 208 the current application along, and would get sanitary sewer there, and give them options to deal with 209 sanitary sewer for the other properties. 210 211 Councilmember O'Donnell asked if the alternative recommendation is to do the Comprehensive Plan 212 Amendment for the entire area and re -zone the area. City Planner Smyser indicated they would only 213 re -zone at plat approval. 214 •215 Councilmember O'Donnell asked if there would be any changes to the taxes for those included in the 216 Comprehensive Plan Amendment that are not part of the Haley Manor proposal. City Planner Smyser 217 stated there would not be any change. 218 219 Councilmember O'Donnell asked if a lift station would be needed to serve the remaining lots, and 220 they are removing several lots from the project area if they approve, would that not increase the cost 221 further to the remaining lots. 222 223 Community Development Director Grochala indicated when talking about the lift station, the 224 question is what area the City is trying to service. He stated if they are only looking at servicing this 225 area they could look at grinder pumps. City Engineer Studenski indicated they could go a couple of 226 lots to the west using a gravity line and grinder pump, but he does not think they could service all 227 those that petitioned. He indicated if they are looking at a lift station they would be looking at 228 servicing a much larger area and would have to look at what they see for growth in the surrounding 229 area. 230 231 City Planner Smyser clarified the grinder pump is an individual pump on an individual house, but the 232 lift station would service a much bigger area. Councilmember O'Donnell indicated every house that 233 is taken away would increase the cost to other houses. He would like to have an answer now on what 234 they would do for all of the homes, not just these few involved in the proposal. 235 236 Community Development Director Grochala stated the larger question is if the Council believes the 0237 entire Mar Don Acres area will be sewered, since it is not designated as sewered now. They have the 5