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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 APPROVED 1 Mayor Bergeson stated he believes the Council needs to take action on the Hailey Manor 2 project. 3 4 Councilmember Reinert stated he believes it makes sense to move forward with Hailey 5 Manor. 6 7 A resident present asked what her options are for obtaining City utility services. City 8 Engineer Studenski stated the Council may direct staff to move forward with a detailed 9 feasibility study. 10 11 The resident asked if she could stub off Mr. Feela's utilities. City Engineer Studenski 12 advised the City does not allow stubbing across lots. Utilities need to come from the 13 front of the lot. 14 15 Councilmember O'Donnell asked for a staff report with recommendations and options 16 regarding the petition. 17 18 Mayor Bergeson stated the City needs a legal opinion regarding the petition. He 19 requested that information be included in the Friday packet. He also requested staff 20 schedule a neighborhood meeting with the additional residents who want City utilities. It 21 is possible that a staff recommendation can come from that neighborhood meeting. 22 23 City Planner Smyser advised staff will schedule a neighborhood meeting to provide 24 details and options to the residents in that area. 25 26 2004-2005 ROAD RECONSTRUCTION REFERENDUM, MICHAEL 27 GROCHALA AND JIM STUDENSKI 28 29 Community Development Director Grochala advised staff is proposing to go forward 30 with a question on the ballot regarding road reconstruction. He noted the streets that 31 would be included in the referendum in the amount of $3,442,000.00. The referendum 32 question will include two years of projects. He distributed a draft ballot question. The 33 question needs to be sent to the County by next Friday. The City Attorney is reviewing 34 the verbiage and any changes will be included in the Friday packet. 35 36 Community Development Director Grochala stated there has been some concern about 37 listing specific streets on the ballot. Feasibility studies will be present to the Council in 38 October 2003. A hearing will be called for the improvements. The sixty-day appeal 39 process will not be completed until the election is over. That may cause issues if the 40 referendum passes or fails. 41 42 Mayor Bergeson stated he lives on one of the streest included in the project, and therefore 43 would ask Councilmember Reinert to conduct this portion of the meeting.. 44 45 Community Development Director Grochala continued, stating the issue of sewer and 46 water on West Shadow was raised at the neighborhood meeting. Without a street project 47 utilities are not an option. If the referendum passes the City will have to determine if 48 there is enough interest to order a feasibility study for the utilities. A Comprehensive