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APPROVED AS AMENDED NOVEMBER 21, 2006 4. Pumper/Tank District Chief Pepin requested Council approval for the purchase of two additional items for the Pumper/Tanker, which was inadvertently missed when the specifications were listed. M/S/P DeLapp/Smith — to approve the purchase of the two additional items, a drop tank or dump tank and an extension chute, for the Pumper/Tanker, at a cost of $3,292.00. (Motion approved 5-0) 8. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: A. Public Hearing: Proposed Assessments for Phase IV Water Interconnect Project - Walter Pechan Don Tauer: Resolution 2006-118: Adopting Assessments for the Water Interconnect Project— Phase IV The City Engineer presented to the Council the 2nd Assessment amounts for the four properties previously identified as incorrect. A current Certificate of Survey showed the recent lot rearrangements. The assessment rate of $2,340.00 per acre is the same as proposed in the Feasibility Report. Mayor Johnston opened the Public Hearing at 9:19 p.m. There was no one to speak for or against the assessments. Mayor Johnston closed the Pubic Hearing at 9:20 p.m. Council Member DeLapp wanted it to be on record, "Will we be changing the zoning?" City Attorney Filla said it would not. M/S/P Johnson/Smith — to approve Resolution No. 2006-118, adopting the Assessment for the Water Interconnection Project — Phase IV, per City Engineer's Memo dated November 2, 2006. (Motion passed 4-0:1 DeLapp abstained — be consistent, small businesses should not pay for services they don't want) B. Right -of Entiy Update — Resolution No. 2006-121: Directing Abatement Action The City Engineer updated the Council on the remaining homeowners (three) that have not granted the City permission to connect their residential dwellings to the City's water main and to seal their private wells. He is requesting Council to direct the Staff to send written notices to the non -compliant property owners, indicating that such property owners have five (5) days after receipt of the notice, to abate the health hazard nuisance on their property by allowing the City onto their property to connect their home to the City's water main and seal their private wells. If the property owner refuses to comply, he requests that the City Attorney commence the appropriate civil proceedings. Mayor Johnston discussed the negligence, which would be shared by the City, if the wells are not sealed, __. __ LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL November 8, 2006