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City Council Minutes Page 3 August 13,2012 — Dual stream recycling to single stream recycling — Garbage collection rate increases of 3%on the even-numbered years starting in 2014 — Maintain recycling rates for 5 years — $0.25 increase in recycling in years 2018—2022 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WESTGAARD TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR GARBAGE, REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION JANUARY 1,2013 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,2022,WITH ALLIED WASTE AND RANDY'S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 6.2 Private Utility Service Connection Options Justin Femrite stated there are three properties remaining to make repairs to their sewer service lines,utilizing the option to have the cost assessed against their property. Mr. Femrite explained there are 90 properties with sewer and water available but not connected,and 105 properties that are connected to either water or sewer,but not both. He stated that these 195 properties are in violation of the city's existing ordinances,which requires hookup within two years of availability. Mr. Femrite discussed the five options for the Council to consider,as detailed in his memo. Councilmember Gumphrey stated the minimum would be to require connection to city services at the point of sale of a property. Councilmember Motin suggested the following: 1) Notify the property owner of the requirement,giving them the ability to finance through the special assessment process;2) city completes the work and charges the fees to the property owner-if they don't pay,assess the cost; 3) Require connection at the point of sale or transfer of the property;this option could allow or not allow assessment of costs. Mayor Dietz stated he felt the best option was #4. He felt the responsibility was partly the city's,by not following up with these properties when the two-year period expired. He stated that properties could have changed hands many times since then. He stated they should have had a system in place to catch those properties at the proper time. He stated that if they are notified now,they will be aware that they will need to hook up at the time the property sells or changes hands. He stated that property owners would not feel it was fair to have to pay a user fee when they were not hooked up. Councilmember Dietz asked if the cost to hook up to city services was around$15,000. Mr. Femrite stated that was a reasonable estimate. Councilmember Westgaard asked if Option#4 would allow a homeowner to replace a septic system or well if it failed. Mr. Femrite stated no, staff would propose an ordinance amendment that would require the property owner to hook up to both services at that time. Staff still needs to discuss how to put checks and balances in place to catch those properties that need to be hooked up. He stated that the list of properties will be checked and verified whether or not they have sewer or water. Councilmember Westgaard stated that connections charges are a huge financial hardship. He stated he would be in favor of Option#4,adding language that a property owner with a failing system that must connect to city services. Mr.Femrite asked if Councilmember Westgaard would like to see an assessment program to go along with Option#4.