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City Council Minutes December 2, 1991 Page 4 . The City Administrator distributed a 11/27/91 memo from Community Education Director, Charlie Blesener, regarding a 12/5/19 meeting on the proposed Regional Recreation Director. The City Administrator distributed a memo from the City Engineer regarding the City's request for a quote for the Engineering firm to do a study on the County Ditch #28. The memo indicated that the City Engineer respectfully declines to submit such a proposal. It was the consensus of the City Council to accept the letter and the position of the City Engineering firm. The City Administrator distributed the attendance sign up sheet from the 11/26/91 informational meeting on the Westwood Improvement Project. The Ci ty Administrator and Councilmembers Kropuenske and Dietz, who where in attendance at this 11/26/91 meeting, provided an update to the City Council on the major themes of the meeting. Toward the end of the 11/26 meeting, it was indicated that if the project is a certainty, then the issue of concern relates to having the project affordable to the residents. The City Council recessed for 10 minutes. 6. Western Area Phase I Public Improvements . The City Engineer, Terry Maurer, reviewed with the City Council the November, 1991, feasibility study for the Phase I improvements into the entire Western Area of the City. It was noted that the project was di vided into two parts with the public improvements required for the City Hall project being referred to as the Phase I improvements and all other components of the study being referred to as Phase I I improvements. In review of the sanitary sewer element of the project, it was noted that there are three major components of the improvement. One part is the reconstruction of the existing sanitary sewer line from the bridge to the "y" intersection, the second component is the entire trunk line, and the third component is the lift station and force main back into 18 inch line under Main Street. The water improvement part of the project includes a loop of the water line from Main Street, under the dam bridge, out to the City Hall site, up to Highway 10, and back east along Highway 10 into the existing water system. The expenses for the well and treatment are included within the Phase I project. It was noted that the water tower is not included in Phase It but is necessary for the total development in the western area of the City. . Discussion took place regarding the location of the water tower in the southeast corner of the City Hall site. It was stated that it is in the best interest of the City to have a well located near the water tower, but this is not a requirement. Additionally, it was noted that the well location is somewhat of an unknown factor at this time depending upon the quality of the test holes that are to be drilled in order to determine the best site for the well. It was the consensus of