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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MAY 120 1992 PAGE 2 l Tom Prew indicated they have taken perk tests and soil borings on this proposed drainfield property. As of this date Prew did not have a selling price from Mr. Schiltgen, but Prew estimated approx. $6,000 an acre. Councilman Williams asked why are we charging by the front foot in this case rather than per lot that we have done in previous road work. Prew responded because this is the way it was proposed, but we could do it per lot. Typically street projects, water main and sewer projects are done per front foot. In this proposed area there are a mixture of uses and not just residential. Councilman Hunt indicated in this mixed use area he would be willing to stay with the front foot assessment. A list was provided of properties, their Property Identification Numbers, and 1992 tax capacity of everybody that would be collected from in the Storm Water District. In the past, people who live on an MSA road have not been assessed. The people that do not live on an MSA road get stuck paying 100 percent. Councilman Mottaz felt everyone in the City benefits from the road in one extent or another. We should not have one person paying 100 percent and some paying absolute nothing if it happens to be an MSA road. Councilman Johnson asked they get specifics or formulas from other cities and see how it applies to Lake Elmo. Councilman Williams asked Tom Prew to go back 3, 4, 5 years and look at all the street projects we have done and find out how much was covered by MSA and how much was covered by special assessments to get an idea of what an average amount we would have to raise per year. Councilman Hunt indicated he felt the City had to do all four of the projects. There is a tremendous economy doing them all at once. We have to come up with a method to finance this for the people that cannot do it. In terms of financing for the sewer, Williams asked to consider as an alternative insisting that some of these other properties that Tom Prew has not identified (by green dots) to hook up by some amount of time.