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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 11, 2000 Page 7 1 Morrison reminded the Council that the homes needed to be removed by the spring. 2 In regard to the Harding Street Project(item no. 6 in the January 6 letter), Mr. Hubmer stated that 3 the construction would be intrusive for the residents in their backyards. In this respect, the 4 landscape architect had met with the residents to arrive at options and ideas to ensure that the 5 project is satisfactory to the residents. Consequently, Mr. Hubmer requested that the Council 6 give consideration to increasing the original preliminary design phase estimate of$19,500 to 7 $29,500. The increase of funding would assist with the preliminary design phase and would cre- 8 ate more options for the residents and landscaping. 9 Additionally, at this time, Mr. Hubmer requested that the Council give consideration to obtaining 10 appraisals of the property. Several residents have requested that the City provide an estimate as 11 to the compensation which may be expected through easement acquisition or fee title ownership 12 of their property. 13 In this respect, Mr. Hubmer presented two estimates that had been obtained based on the ease- 14 ment acquisition scenario. In essence, appraisals would be done for each individual property 15 which is affected by the project. It is WSB's anticipation that the estimates for appraisals could be presented to the individuals prior to or at the next public hearing, which is preliminarily scheduled for February 29, 2000. 18 Sparks inquired about the urgency of the appraisals. Mr. Hubmer responded that, to date, he had 19 already received three requests from residents to promptly proceed with the appraisals. 20 Morrison offered that the appraisals would assist in beginning negotiations and placing a value 21 on the easements. In other words, the City considered it necessary to have an outside consultant 22 and negotiator identify fair options. Mr. Hubmer added that the appraisal is a starting point in. 23 providing additional information to the residents about the total impact of the project. 24 Horst requested clarification of the increase in funding for the preliminary design phase. Mr. 25 Hubmer responded that the added funds would allow for the landscape architect to provide op- 26 tions and alternatives to the residents. 27 Mr. Hubmer directed the Council's attention to a letter dated October 28, 1999 from Close Land- 28 scape Architecture in which an outline for the proposed project as it related to landscaping was 29 set forth. 30 The letter stated, in short, that there are four tasks anticipated. 31 1. Task One: Project Start Up, Research and Visioning (completed). 2. Task Two: Preliminary Design. 46 3. Task Three: Preferred Plan 34 4. Task Four: Final Plan