2011.05.16 CC Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Minutes for the Hugo City Council Meeting on May 16, 2011 Page 5 of 7 Update on Lake Air/Bald Eagle Estates Neighborhood Meeting on April 21, 2011 On Thursday, April 21, 2011, City staff held a meeting with residents living in the Lake Air/Bald Eagle Estates neighborhood at their request. Senior Engineering Technician Steve Duff, City Engineer Jay Kennedy, Public Works Director Scott Anderson, and City Administrator Mike Ericson attended the meeting, and they were joined later by Mayor Fran Miron and Council Member Becky Petryk who earlier attended the Board of Equalization meeting. Council Member Becky Petryk, in whose ward the residents reside, stated at the meeting that the issue should be brought back to the full City Council in order for the Council and public to be apprised of the survey results. City Engineer Jay Kennedy explained the roadway reconstruction project is included as a Capital Improvement Project, and would include Lake Air Estates and Falcon Avenue as a rural section roads, and Bald Eagle Estates as urban section roads. The residents are currently served by City sewer and private wells. Most of the residents who attended previous meetings in October and December agreed the roadways were in poor condition but there was very little support for installation of City water with cost/benefit cited as the primary issue. A leadership group formed, and they conducted their own survey with similar results as the one the City had conducted. City Engineer Jay Kennedy provided the pros and cons of three options: do nothing, roadway and water project, and roadway project only. Mike Proulx, 5043 124th Street North, and Don Dumer, 4950 126th Street North, spoke to the Council as representative of the leadership group stating reason for not wanting a water project was because the cost of bringing water into the home was not justified by the benefit. They did agree the road was in poor condition, and said the consensus of the neighborhood was to do a road only project. It was agreed by Council that the uniqueness of the neighborhood may merit the exclusion of municipal water. It was noted that the easements would allow the water to be installed at a later date, but the most cost effective time would be now. The Council discussed at length a road only project and their desire that residents be aware that if their wells should fail, it would be the responsibility of the homeowner. Should the municipal water project be done in the future, property owners would be subject to the assessment policy at that time. Council wanted to make it clear that the residents would be taking that risk. Mayor Fran Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to direct staff to schedule another neighborhood meeting to discuss a road -only project. All Ayes. City Engineer Jay Kennedy conferred with residents in the lobby, and later provided meeting dates to Council for consideration. Weidt made motion, Petryk seconded, to schedule a Lake Air/Bald Eagle Estates Neighborhood meeting June 23, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Hugo City Hall. All Ayes. Motion carried.