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COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 13, 2003 APPROVED •458 Director Grochala added that is the amount that would be assessed for any road project next year; it is 459 not project -specific. 460 461 ii. Public Hearing, West Shadow Lake Drive Area Improvements 462 463 Curt Kinghorn, West Shadow Lake Drive, stated he has a lot of confusion. He asked if it is the City's 464 position that no matter how big your lot, the assessment will always be $3,150. City Engineer 465 Studenski indicated that was correct. He stated at the public meetings they talked about different 466 ways road projects get assessed, either per lot or per foot. He indicated they advised during that 467 meeting the costs could be between $3,000 to $5,000, so they are staying consistent. 468 469 Mr. Kinghorn indicated West Shadow Lake is a lot more rural with rural -sized lots. He asked how 470 they can be charged the same. He stated the City web page says if the referendum passes the City 471 will raise taxes, so owners here will be paying more taxes and the assessment. Community 472 Development Director Grochala agreed. Mr. Kinghorn asked how his lot could be considered the 473 same as rural lots. Community Development Director Grochala stated the City looks at it per lot. 474 Mr. Kinghorn asked if it is, then, he believes it is an artificial assessment, not based on cost. 475 Community Development Director Grochala indicated it is not artificial, it is based on precedent. 476 477 Mr. Kinghorn went through the timeline that has taken place, and asked when resident input would 478 take place. He stated that in talking with the neighbors they would like to consider sidewalks. He 479 asked when they would be able to give that input. Community Development Director Grochala •480 advised that once they get over the 60 -day comment period and then if the referendum passes they 481 can do the plan design. He indicated what they have done with other streets is during the design 482 phase they meet with residents and get ideas of what the neighborhood may want. Mr. Kinghorn 483 indicated the plan they vote on in November will not have those items included. Community 484 Development Director Grochala stated what taxpayers are voting on in November is to allow the City 485 to levy up to $3.6 million for road improvements. Mr. Kinghorn stated they would not know the 486 scope of the project they are giving the City $3.6 million to do. Community Development Director 487 Grochala agreed, indicating they would know the general scope. 488 489 Mr. Kinghorn stated the report says unknown circumstances could take significant time and money. 490 He asked how comfortable Staff is with the $3.6 million cost. City Engineer Studenski indicated 491 when they say the plans will be ready next spring, they are talking about the 2004 plans for 492 Shenandoah. He indicated they have until spring of 2005 for the West Shadow Lake issues. Mr. 493 Kinghorn asked again how confident Staff is in the $2.375 million estimated cost for West Shadow 494 Lake. 495 496 City Engineer Studenski advised that as with any feasibility study they use their professional 497 knowledge to determine costs, and add contingencies for unknowns. He indicated the feasibility 498 study is the engineer's estimate, and he feels very confident with that estimate barring any unforeseen 499 costs. Mr. Kinghorn indicated when they say `significant additional time and cost' there really is 500 none because those factors have already been figured in. City Engineer Studenski indicated they had. 501 11102 11