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COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 11, 2005 APPROVED 97 •98 Councilmember Reinert moved to close the Public Hearing at 6:56 p.m. Councilmember Dahl 99 seconded the motion. 100 101 Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bergeson abstained. 102 103 B. Public Hearing, West Shadow Lake Drive Street Improvement Project, Jim Studenski 104 105 Mayor Bergeson requested that Councilmember Stoltz be Acting Mayor for this hearing also. 106 107 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 108 109 Councilmember Reinert asked for an explanation of the concept of multiple assessments and increase 110 in property value with the ability to subdivide. City Engineer Studenski stated street policies are set 111 at $77 per foot on an individual lot basis so if the property can subdivide there would be multiple 112 assessments. He noted water and sewer costs are in alignment with other previous projects. 113 Assessments total $20,000 to $23,000 and are within the realm of other areas. Values increase when 114 the property can be subdivided and this increase would be significantly more than the assessments. 115 116 Councilmember Carlson noted the lot owned by the independent school district is assessed for 11 117 units and asked if the school plans to build, and, if not, would they be assessed for one property. City 118 Engineer Studenski stated the school has contacted the City and they do not plan to build because 119 they are turning the lot into a soccer field and other play areas. 120 �21 Community Development Director Grochala stated the lot question is further down the plan process. 122 He noted for purposes of the south side of West Shadow Lake Drive, elimination of sanitary sewer 123 would not reduce their amount and it provides value and the ability to subdivide. He noted at the 124 public hearing, numbers can go lower but not higher. 125 126 Councilmember Carlson asked where additional funds would be taken from. Community 127 Development Director Grochala stated the property tax levy would offset the amount. He noted if the 128 number of units were reduced the City would have to pick up a greater share of the street construction 129 costs, but pulling out water and sewer is a shared cost. 130 131 City Engineer Studenski stated there are two separate sanitary/sewer systems and because the school 132 may not subdivide on the south side this may not happen. 133 134 Councilmember Carlson asked if the sewer on the south side is eliminated what would happen to the 135 seven lots in the development north of the school; would the streets still be put in. She also asked if 136 the parcel could only hold seven lots in the development due to the wetlands, and if this number were 137 exceeded but seven lots were assessed, would it be possible to collect for more lots in the future. City 138 Engineer Studenski stated the number of lots would be a decision for the City. He noted the sewer 139 would not go down the street and property assessments would change from seven to one. He noted 140 the property is a long and narrow 10 -acre parcel and in the absence of several variances for lot width 141 requirements there is not enough land to get more full residential lots. 142 143 Community Development Director Grochala stated the City could only collect for the number of lots .44 that is on the plan tonight. He noted if they were able to get more lots in they would have to extend 3