March 23, 1995 Steering Committee Minutes

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Steering Committee Meeting Minutes March 23, 1995 Page 5 far east the line will be extended. The City will then need to determine how much of that area will be assessed. Terry explained that the line cannot be sized smaller to save costs now, and later add property further east. Hank Duitsman added that the pipe must be oversized now to allow for future expansion. Chair Minton questioned what the costs would be to serve the area in the 5 year plan under discussion, compared to what the costs would be to serve the "ultimate" area. Terry Maurer stated that typically in the past, the City has carried the cost for serving the ultimate area, so it would be hard to provide a dollar figure for that difference. Terry explained that in the western area improvement project, area 1 would have been close to $5,000 per acre, area 2 would have been somewhat lower, and by the time it was extended all the way out to area 4 the costs may have been approximately $2,000 per acre, since the lift station was already in and the pipes are smaller. Terry Maurer stated that the startup costs will be higher for the East Highway 10 to go through the Mn/DOT right-of-way highway interchange and UPA property. CHRIS KREGER MOVED THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE DESIGNATE AREAS SHOWN ON THE MAP AS 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, PART OF 11 AND PART OF 12, AND 1 AS THE EXPANDED URBAN SERVICE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. Chris Kreger then proposed that the following motions be made: MOTION NUMBER 2. THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF (1 /2) OF AREAS 2, 3 AND 4 AS THE EXPANDED SERVICE AREA FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN (5 - 10) YEARS. MOTION NUMBER 3. THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER THE AREA DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED MAP, FOR THE EXPANDED URBAN SERVICE AREA FOR THE NEXT TEN TO FIFTEEN (10-15) YEARS. MOTION NUMBER 4. THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER THE AREA DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED MAP, AS THE EXPANDED SERVICE AREA FOR THE NEXT 15 TO TWENTY-FIVE (15 - 25) YEARS. Hank Duitsman questioned the audience whether or not there was anyone in the audience that was interested in having sewer and water in the far south east Highway 10 area of the City. He explained that the City Council needs to know if this is all the further the sewer is going to go in order to determine the size of the trunk lines. Chair Minton noted that the first motion includes Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown's property. Arne Engstrom stated that if Brown's property included he would vote against the motion. Chris Kreger stated that Area #8 and # 1 1 would most likely be included and assessed if the City Council voted to extend the sewer and water. Arne stated that he felt that area should only be included if the property owners petitioned for sewer and water. Arne continued that it is known that property owners in Areas 5, 6, 7 and parts of 12 want sewer, but people in Areas 8 and 11 do not want it. Steve Rohlf stated that he was involved in the previous update of the urban service district in 1990. He stated that the Committee needs to look as far out