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COUNCIL MINUTES March 28, 2005 APPROVED 0181 182 Motion carried. Vote: 3:1 Councilmember Reinert opposed. 183 184 Resolution No. 05-41 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 185 186 D. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-42, Approving Preparation of Plans and 187 Specifications, Well No. 5 Pumphouse, Jim Studenski 188 189 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval of the 190 request. 191 192 Councilmember Dahl asked if this well will satisfy the city demands for quite awhile, or if another 193 well would be needed soon. City Engineer Studenski indicated that as stated in their well plans, 194 another well will be needed soon. He stated that it is not only difficult to keep up with demands on 195 hot days now, but if a well were to go down for any reason they would have an issue of vulnerability. 196 He indicated that adding another well in the near future would allow them to perform maintenance on 197 the existing wells or protect the city if something should happen to an existing well. 198 199 Councilmember Reinert stated he remembers from the plan the Council reviewed a few years ago 200 there were eight wells total, and this well is actually two to three years behind. City Engineer 201 Studenski verified that was correct. .02 03 Councilmember Carlson noted that originally, this well was not on this site on the Comprehensive 204 Water Plan the Council approved. She asked how large developments such as the Village will help 205 offset the cost of this well to the taxpayers. 206 207 Community Development Director Grochala indicated funding for the wells comes from the trunk 208 utility charges. He explained that Area Unit Charges, which all new development has to pay, are 209 demand charges. He stated any development that goes in adds demand to the systems, and is charged 210 per acre as well as per unit, so as development takes place, new money is put in this fund to handle 211 upcoming needs. He noted the last well was constructed in the city in 1996, and since then City Hall, 212 Kohl's, Target, the industrial park and much of the east side development has been added, all of 213 which paid into this fund. 214 215 Councilmember Carlson questioned if the money is in this fund to pay for a new well. Community 216 Development Director Grochala stated it is part of the City's Five-year Capital Improvement Fund, 217 and was included in the 2003 plan. He stated the fund is identified as a funding source for Well No. 218 5, however the Finance Director would need to determine exactly how the funds are used. He noted 219 that lift stations and other things are also paid for with this fund. 220 221 Councilmember Carlson asked if the City would be bonding for this well also. Community 222 Development Director Grochala indicated he does not know at this time. 223 •24 Mayor Bergeson asked Staff to provide the Council with a report on the monies available in the Trunk 225 Utility Fund. 5