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COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 13, 2003 APPROVED •367 improving the drainage. He indicated the area has sewer, but not water, and the project does not 368 include adding water. He stated if the City wanted to expand the project to do that, they could. He 369 explained the road layers used in reconstruction, indicating they will be replacing with new 370 pavement, curb, and gutter to the existing width. 371 372 Mr. Brink advised in the West Shadow Lake area, it is a little different. He indicated the road goes 373 many different ways and is many sizes. He stated some places have ditches, but there are no curb and 374 gutters, and the width varies, sometimes as narrow as 22 feet. He indicated they would be expanding 375 the width to 28 feet back-to-back, noting with the close proximity to the lake they will have to be 376 flexible in the placement of the road to meet the Watershed District's stringent guidelines. He 377 indicated the watershed will have to be well thought out to meet the requirements as well. He stated 378 that again, there are no utilities in this area and they would not be adding them unless the City 379 requested them. He advised Shenandoah is scheduled for 2004 and West Shadow Lake for 2005. He 380 indicated if approved, they would be considering plans and specification in late November, with bids 381 in December and construction starting in early 2004. 382 383 Councilmember Carlson asked if Staff has looked any further at considering sewer and water on West 384 Shadow Lake from the north or the south. Mr. Brink stated they have not looked at it in detail. He 385 indicated he is aware there are facilities on Birch Street, or they could come around the north side of 386 the lake. He indicated with sewer they would be looking at a lift station. 387 388 Councilmember Carlson asked how many homes the lift station could serve, wondering if there is a •389 possibility of serving other homes besides the West Shadow Lake residents. She questioned if there 390 were any areas of homes coming in by the school. Community Development Director Grochala 391 stated most of the West Shadow area is developed. There may be some lots large enough to split, and 392 if they did bring sewer and water to that area, there is one 10 -acre parcel that could subdivide; 393 otherwise it is a lot of City and Park land. 394 395 Councilmember Carlson asked if a lift station would be feasible for this number of homes. 396 Community Development Director Grochala indicated they do not know yet. City Engineer 397 Studenski stated when they did the feasibility study they held a neighborhood meeting, and are now 398 holding the public hearing. He advised if they move forward with this there will be a lot more 399 meetings to get more input from the residents. He indicated for sewer and water considerations they 400 will again hold meetings so the neighbors can give their input. He noted his recommendation would 401 be to hold the hearings separately for Shenandoah and the West Shadow Lake area. 402 403 i. Public Hearing, Shenandoah Area Improvements 404 405 Acting Mayor Reinert opened the public hearing at 7:55 p.m. 406 407 Tony Bitner stated he was curious about the cost per resident, and how long the assessment could be 408 financed. City Engineer Studenski advised the assessment amount is $3,150 per lot, distrubuted 409 evenly, which is about 11% of the overall cost of the project. He stated that amount could be paid off 410 or could be added to a person's property taxes for 15 years at 7% interest. •11