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January 10, 19J9 Paga 3 ~~~£icial Fose explained that ori.ginelly, when Mr. Thoreon requested the lbdivieion, it was abvioue that public improvemente wera needed, which te why thr. Council held the public nearing and had eoil teete taken, What came out of thAt meeting was that the Councii left if up Go the tndfviduals Lhat if they wantad co build, they wnuld t~ave t~ aarvica L-heir property themeelvea. He added that a peeition with 35 percent of the property ownere signatures had not been submitted, ae required, for Che City to consider putting in tke aervicea. Mz. Thoraon at~ted that the feaeioility atudy which wae done ataCed that i~ was nnt feasible to hnve the City put the servicea in aince not all the lote were accessible, and thue would no[ be coet eff.icienk L-o put them in. M~. Kramer atated that he did not believe the lote o~ere undevel.opable. He explained that while they might be now, ha felt they would be cor~si- dered developable in Liie LaCUre. Chairpersan I{aske etated she'ceuld see both eides, eince Mr. Thuraon is ready to develop his three lote and ie willing to put hie aervices in, yet ehe Krawere want ehe whole ayatew put in. Official Roae advisad that if the Kramera would like the City to put the services in, they get up a petition wtth the required 35 percent. Mra. Kramer replied that she didn't think she could get the required 35 ~~'~ercent . i `'G~ommiseion :Sember Foss stated that the i~sue had been discussed eeveral times the previous year and that the Council had turned down putting in the sarvices because of the property owners who did not Leel they would value from it. Official Rose stated thnt the other option open to the Kramers would be to service their lote off Groveland, which would require ejectora, He also stated that for the Ci.l•y to puC service in, it was esttmated to be approximately $58 per frontage fo~r for both sewer and watar. Mr, Kramer etated he didn't feel he could put the sexvices in for the price the City could. ,hairperaon Hanke aeked him if he had worked out T.he cont i£ all six preperty ownere put the improvements in. Mr. Kramer replied that he hadn't but he atill felt it wnuld be higher than if the City put tliem in. Mr. Thoraon pointed out that he had paid for a professiona7. engineer, who calculated actual expenses, not ~cti.mates. ~Ie aleo etated that he had tald the Krauiers they could hook into his system. H~ slso puinted out that if he put hts own servicea in, he would not be harming the Kramere at all, or any other praperty owner. Official Rose explained tYiat there are two waye of having pubLi.c improve- ments put in, ¢ither by submitting a petition of 35 percent for Council ~ nsideration and approval, or the Council, on ies own by unanimous vote, `~..,.dn order the pro,ject itt, He adde.d that if they cannot gQt ehe requir.ed 35 percent b~.it etill have aevaraL ownera intereuted, the Council can r.econ- aider the ie~tue if they dealre, further recommendinq that tl~oy attond the publlc heuring in which the City Councll would reconsider the pint.