7. SR 07-25-1994 - Laserfiche WebLink

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. . . . There were a number of comments from residents indicating that City staff had indicated to them that City sewer and water would not come to their area for three to five years. Some residents even indicated they were told seven to ten years. A question was asked as to whether or not the whole extension of sewer and water was strictly based on the County. I answered that the timing of this second phase was certainly relative to the County's petition, but that the City has always planned since the Growth Management Study was adopted to extend sewer and water to this area, so it is not a matter of whether or not sewer and water would be coming, it is a matter of when. Questions were asked about what the City knew about development pressures and when. Again, this is relative to information that residents may have received from City Hall, so the residents were curious as to what the City may have known about Country Crossing and the development of the Lakoduc property. · A question was asked as to whether or not the lines could be routed around the Sandpiper Estates area. I indjcated that the 1989 plan called for a central corridor approach to the trunk utilities. This was put in place in 1992 with the first phase of these improvements; therefore, at this time it would not be economically feasible to make a change in that. The City is committed at this point to extend sewer and water down the central corridor through Sandpiper Estates. . Steve Stewart asked why the County Administration Building was not receiving any street assessment. He asked this specifically of Commissioner Engstrom; however, I answered that the City is not proposing street assessments because there are no street improvements proposed on the County Administration Building. I went on to explain the original concept was to extend the Orono Parkway all the way to Waco which would have potentially brought commercial and industrial traffic through Sandpiper Estates. The Council changed the concept such that there will be no street continuation other than allowing Sandpiper Estates to eventually exit easterly to Joplin. In exchange for this, the City has asked the County for utility corridors across their property both north and south and east and west. They have also asked for consideration on the connection of a frontage road along Trunk Highway 10 to their access to Trunk Highway 10. . Councilman Dietz then indicated that he had called the builder of several of the homes in the Sandpiper Estates Addition that day. The builder in question had signed a number of the forms at City Hall indicating a knowledge of sewer and water coming and the potential ability to subdivide their lots. Councilman Dietz indicated that he had asked this builder without identifying himself what he knew about the Sandpiper Estates area relative to sewer and water. The builder indicated that he was aware that sewer and water were coming and that there was a potential to further subdivide lots, and that he had shared this information with all of the home buyers he dealt with. Many of the residents in attendance took exception to this and indicated they did not have a very good relationship with the builder relative to making repairs on their property, and he clearly, in their opinion, did not share that information with them. 230122J.l203.jul -2