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Councilman Pickar questioned whether rejecting all bids would
have an adverse impact on the City? Admin. Achen stated that
risk is always there and the bidder's impression of our reason
for rejecting bids. Eng. Hubbard indicated the low bidder
is aware that this is over the budget for this year, so he
thought the bidder would understand our rejecting the bid.
Admin. Achen stated letters will be going out to bidders explain-
ing the rejection.
Eng. Hubbard explained the cost of the repair work was what was
out of line. Had the bid strictly been for sealcoating, the
bid would have been lower. Councilman Baumgartner questioned
whether the maintenance supervisor would be able to provide the
manpower for the repair work and not let other responsibilities
fall back? Admin. Achen stated the maintenance supervisor was
brought in on the staff's discussion of inhouse repair work and
is aware of this additional work.
Councilman Baumgartner wondered if it is wise to patch and not
sealcoat right away? Eng. Hubbard stated new surfacing can
wait up to five years before sealcoating.
MSP ( Pickar- Baumgartner) that under the advice of the City
Engineer that all bids be rejected and bidders involved shall
be notified of reasons thereof, as discussed here tonight. 4 ayes
Admin. Achen stated that the Rosenquist Addition preliminary plat
was on the last Council agenda and Council requested that the
plat be redrawn to include the Bonin property to the southwest
and negotiate an agreement for handling assessments for Project
1973 -4 on Outlot B.
Atty. Meyers stated he had researched this item. Outlot B is
80' frontage with 60 -70' depth, which is an unbuildable lot.
This parcel would carry close to $4,000 of assessments. The
danger facing Council now is that by approving the plat with no
agreement with the property owners concerning the assessments,
Outlot B may go back to taxes and assessments will not be paid.
Atty. Meyers listed alternatives for handling this situation.
First, the Senior Citizen Deferment - the drawback to doing
this is the City would have to establish standards and guidelines
for determining hardship which would be applicable to all types
of property in the City. Second, Chapter 429.071 allows that
when land is divided, Council may on its own motion apportion
assessments. Council could remove all assessments from Outlot B
and reapportion them to all existing buildable lots. However,
this is subject to appeal. Another alternative is a private
agreement for deferring assessments over so many years, an
agreement to be filed with the land. If the ownersdon't work
out agreement with adjacent land owners for creating a buildable
lot, after the 2 yr, or whatever period of time, the land still
goes back to taxes. Or the Council may choose to not approve
the plat until the owners work out an agreement with adjacent
property owners. The City has pledged proceeds from these assess-
ments to pay off the bond.