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Mounds View City Council April 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 9 week. She stated at some point they will have to be held to the same standard as the rest of 1 the citizens, but that being said, she couldn’t expect that of them tomorrow. She stated her 2 premise for bringing this up is if it isn’t taken care of within a year, it should be acted upon 3 to the level required of other citizens. 4 5 Acting Mayor Stigney stated that the motion on the floor is to give a one-year surety for this 6 property and at that time require hookup to the utilities. 7 8 Council Member Gunn stated that actually they are just directing Staff to create a resolution 9 for this. 10 11 Acting Mayor Stigney stated he would offer the vote to approve drafting a resolution to support 12 one year. 13 14 Ayes-4 Nays-0 Motion carried. 15 16 C. Resolution 6492 Awarding a Land Appraisal Contract for the Spring Creek 17 Regional Water Quality Pond Project. 18 19 Public Works Director Lee stated the draft feasibility report is submitted to the City Council 20 at this time, and they are not seeking approval on it, and the report is incomplete at this point. 21 He stated one of the main components missing is the cost estimates for land acquisition and 22 easement acquisition for this project. He stated that Staff is recommending going forward with 23 the finishing of the report by getting the figures and by having a land appraiser appraise those 24 two properties that are affected by this proposed project. He stated that Staff has received three 25 quotes from several appraisal companies, and a limited appraisal will work. He stated that if 26 this project should proceed, Staff is recommending that a full appraisal be done to guarantee that 27 the dollar values that are established are correct dollar values, and also the property owners have 28 voiced an opinion that a limited appraisal would not be acceptable to them, and that they would 29 want the City to seek an appraisal of the property. He stated that Staff is recommending that the 30 City Council proceed with this by authorizing to do a full appraisal at a cost not to exceed 31 $2,400. He stated that he would submit a revised Resolution for this if that’s the direction the 32 Council wants to go. 33 34 Council Member Thomas stated she has concerns about going ahead with this at this time, and 35 this is a proposal that is tied very closely with the street construction program, and that question 36 hasn’t yet been settled. She stated she has grave concerns about spending any amount of money 37 on a project that may or may not go ahead based on another project. She stated that this pond 38 is not necessary should there be any dramatic change to that street reconstruction program. She 39 stated that regardless of where that is, that decision will be made in the next couple of months, 40 and then this decision could be brought forward. Her personal opinion was that this needs to 41 wait, and she understood what that does to the bid process and appraisal process. She stated 42 they had heard from one of the property owners at the Street Reconstruction meeting who would 43 lose his entire back yard to this pond. She felt before they committed to even appraising 44 properties, they need to know what’s happening with the street project, so she wasn’t comfortable 45