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