CCMin_82Aug4_Special/Public_Hearing

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MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 4, 1982 A special meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Warkentien. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Ciernia, Chestovich, Eggert and Larson. Also present were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney VanDeNorth, Engineer Lemberg, Engineer Schunicht and Fiscal Consultant Chenoweth. None. Mayor Warkentien called to order the Public Hearing on the proposed storm sewer improvement for Gortner, Larpenteur, Prior, Tatum and Lindig Streets. He explained that the required hearing notice was published in the official newspaper and that notices were mailed to residents in the district. Engineer Schunicht gave a review of the storm sewer project for the Fairview/ Larpenteur area which contains 84 acres and is located north of Larpenteur Avenue, west of Fairview, south of Roselawn and east of Cleveland. He explained where the storm sewer would be located, where the ponding areas would be located and how they would be connected. He also explained the costs for connection to the St. Paul system ($253,000), use of the University of Minnesota system ($33,000), the Larpenteur/Gortner storm sewer ($226,000) and the Tatum/Lindig portion ($262,000), making a total of $774,000 for the entire project. When the Hawkins/Hermes site is developed, the cost for that area would be approximately $84,000. The Council is proceeding under Chapter 429 of Minnesota Statutes which states they must assess a minimum of 20 percent of the project and up to eighty percent in a mill rate levy. Therefore, the Council is faced with three options: (1) whether to approve or disapprove the entire project, (2) install the western segment of the storm sewer, or (3) to do none of the project. It was explained that if the minimum of 20 percent is assessed, the assessments would be five cents per square foot, or if more is assessed, it could possibly increase up to thirteen cents per square foot and the mill rate could increase from 1.5 to 3.5 mills. Mayor Warkentien stated that at an informational meeting held July 20, 1982 there was opposition to including the area west of Fairview, north of Larpenteur, at the end of the cul-de-sac. He pointed out that if Tatum, and Lindig are not included. at this time, and it should be included at a future date, there would be a connection charge which would be more costly than the present charge. Mayor Warkentien asked if anyone was in favor of including this area. Robert Beck, 1776 Tatum, asked if the drainage ditch on his property would be eliminated and Engineer Schunicht advised that it would. Therefore, Mr. Beck stated he would be in favor of including this area in the storm sewer project. Hans Schirrmeister, 1779 Tatum, asked how the storm sewer would affect his lot. Engineer Schunicht advised that with the storm sewer only water from the northerly neighbors would flow toward the Schirrmeister property and when the Hawkins/Hermes property is developed, the water from there and Falcon Woods would be contained in two ponding areas.