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COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 13, 2003 APPROVED 549 Mike Trehus, 675 Shadow Court indicated the City Charter says the resolution will state the scope 550 and number of benefitted property owners. He asked when that information will be available. 551 Community Development Director Grochala indicated there are 136 owners for both projects. Mr. 552 Trehus asked if the projects were being treated together so one neighborhood could kill the other. 553 Community Development Director Grochala stated he would recommend they be handled separately. 554 They would need to determine the exact number for each project, and 50% or more are needed to 555 petition against the project. Mr. Trehus stated the number was not part of the information sent to 556 homeowners. City Attorney Hawkins stated Staff could get the numbers for him. City Engineer 557 Studenski indicated there are 65 on Shenandoah and 71 on West Shadow Lake. Community 558 Development Director Grochala advised one property on West Shadow Lake has 17 owners, so the 559 number for that project would be 70 plus 17. 560 561 Mr. LaPlante stated there are 17 owners that co-own one lot. He asked if they would each be 562 assessed $3150. Community Development Director Grochala indicated they would be assessed 1/17th 563 of $3150. 564 565 Mr. Trehus stated he is scared by the project. He indicated in reading the feasibility study that was 566 circulated by his neighbor, he realizes how in the dark he is. He stated it says `needs additional 567 review'; `considerable extra time'; `assess during construction'; 'a more detailed geotechnical report 568 is recommended'; `easements may be needed for storm swater and drainage design'. He indicated 569 there are a lot of undetermined things in this feasibility study. Councilmember Reinert indicated to 570 take a project like this and answer every question residents would like to see is not prudent for the • 571 City. It takes a lot of money for plans detailed to that degree and to spend that money and have it fail 572 in the voting booth would not be prudent. Mr. Trehus stated he understands, but as of now he does 573 not know if he will have a pond across the street or what will happen. He does not know if easements 574 will be taken from his property. 575 576 Councilmember Reinert indicated what they are asking in November is for all the residents of Lino 577 Lakes to vote to improve a portion of the 99 miles of roadway. Mr. Trehus commented that they do 578 not know how it will affect them. He indicated that to go ahead with the street without sewer and 579 water would lock them out for another 20 years. He believes the City is going about this the wrong 580 way. He believes the process should take place as laid out in the City Charter. He stated if residents 581 vote and then the project does not go through, the residents will wonder what the City is doing. He 582 stated in their area, it makes sense to have a rural road, but the point is those questions would be 583 better worked out first. He indicated discussions with the residents would be a good idea. 584 585 Joey Skaswald indicated he owns 800 feet of low land and the lot he lives on. He stated the City 586 Council should table this and have the engineers come up with a preliminary plan. He stated the 587 question is on utilities. Sewer is only a few years away, and it seems silly to put the street in and 588 come back and put sewer in later. Community Development Director Grochala stated it would be 589 their intention not to do that. He indicated with sewer and water they would prefer to do it now, but 590 if the referendum passes it would be up to the residents to determine if sewer and water goes in. 591 592 Mr. Skaswald stated the road has not been sealed in 25 years. Community Development Director 093 Grochala indicated it was sealed in 2002. Mr. Skaswald disagreed, indicating it was patched only. 13