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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> February 11,2003 <br /> Page 4 <br /> Councilmember Faust asked how the front footage is calculated. Mr. Hubmer responded that the <br /> legal description of the property is used to calculate the front footage, which is obtained from the <br /> 3 property assessment records. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Mayor Hodson stated he personally feels there's an inequity in the assessments. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Mayor Hodson closed the public hearing at 7:36 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Mr. Morrison gave a brief historical perspective on this assessment. He said this assessment <br /> 10 policy was adopted in 1993 and explained how the task force came up with it. He stated that the <br /> 11 City was going to pay more of the cost than the residents primarily because they did not assess <br /> 12 the sanitary sewer or water main. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Mr. Mornson said one of the options would be to approve the resolutions because it would get <br /> 15 the bid process going. He said Staff can meet with the Hockerts and Kluwes to come up with <br /> 16 another policy and adjust those two assessments at the next Council meeting. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Mayor Hodson stated he would be acceptable to that. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Councilmember Thuesen asked if it was equitable to change the rules half way through. He said <br /> 21 a task force would need to be involved to change something of this nature and felt it was a risky <br /> 22 way to go forward. <br /> 0 Mayor Hodson said it also wasn't fair to keep moving forward with the cases that are clearly not <br /> 25 equitable. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Mr. Mornson said he wouldn't recommend changing the overall policy,but just the parcels that <br /> 28 are unusual (the Hockerts and Kluwes). <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Councilmember Faust said he feels it's a sound policy. He also said it might be a good idea to <br /> 31 incorporate an element of equity into the policy in order to fairly deal with the special cases. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Councilmember Horst stated that City law has to be equitable and stand the test of time. He said <br /> 34 he would be careful to change too much, but wants to be sensitive to homeowners with special <br /> 35 cases. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Mayor Hodson said he would like Staff to meet with these residents and try to come up with an <br /> 38 equitable solution. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Councilmember Sparks said she wanted to confirm that the Hockerts and the Kluwes were the <br /> 41 only two anomalies. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Mr. Hubmer responded that the residents at 3308 Belden Drive were also an anomaly; however, <br /> 44 after a review, calculations were made that fell in line with the adjacent residents more readily. <br /> 16 Motion by Councilmember Horst to adopt Resolution 03-019, re: street and utility improvements <br /> 47 for 2003. <br />