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Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Murray to accept the petition. Motion carried' unanimously. 7" Paving, Sanitary and Storm Sewers wi.thin II1nda Park Subdivision - Petitioned r'/ .' owners of lOO~ of property to be assessed. Comm :5/23/73 Motion carried 'Approve Mrs. seal moved seconded by Nr. Williams to accept the peti tion. unanimousl y. ,:...&pavi ng , Sani tary and Storm Sewers-; and-Pedestrian Ways' wi tKIil'Engl1sh oaks - . Petitioned by owners of 100% of property to be assessed. council was informed that: (1) Dry line sani tary sewers are to be installed only wi thin streets to be paved. Sani tary sewer on Lindley Lane will be installed later since only one-half of the street will be paved at this time; the other half is in the County. Some effort is being made to get that half paved and if successful the sewer will be installed at this time. (2) Sanitary sewers on Stonegate will be installed at a later date since that street is already paved. (3) City costs for storm sewer will be $19,050. (4) This subdivision will be served with septic tanks until a sewer main is available; there is no prospect of one at this time. A PUD application was previously denied because of unavailability of sewers. In answer to questions from Council members, Public Works Director said the storm sewer will be connected to established drainage to the south. The sub- divider has blanket approval from the County on use of septic tanks, however each separate building will require septic tank approval at time permi t is issued. He said drainage for tanks in the plat is as good as any in the area. Councilman Hershner expressed concern about overloading open storm channels across private property with water from newly paved subdivisions. Public Works Director said that would not occur in this instance. Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Wood to accept the petition. Motion carried unanimously. '9'~ Paving, Sanitary and Storm Sewers within Nelson Plat - Petitioned to serve an / industrially-zoned area west of Bertelsen Road between 11th and 13th. 40% of properties to be assessed are outside the plat; all sewers to serve Nelson Plat have been constructed. Councilwoman Beal thought owners of properties outside the plat should be notified of the project before the petition is accepted and befo,re any expense incurred in engineering and design work. She felt that Council was more'or less pressured into going ahead with a project after the engineering work has been completed and bids called. Manager suggested if property owners are notified at time of initiation of a project it would result in two public hearings before the Council. Mayor Anderson thought petitions should be considered from the view- point of whether the Council decides a project is needed. Then when the design and cost estimates are presented at,time of bid award, there is something definite upon which to base a decision. Public Works Director reminded the Council of procedure previously followed of holding public hearings when adoption of improvement ordinances was considered. This resul ted in two public hearings, the second at the time df bid award, and the Director felt the present method of notifying property owners of public hearing when bids are considered is much better. He said the Council should in no way feel pressured because of time spent on engineering and design work. It is not wasted because plans on those projects which are not carried forward are saved with the knowledge that at some future time the project will be constructed and those plans used. Councilman Williams noted that the petition carried 60% of the property to. be assessed and felt it would be another matter were it not a majority in favor of the improvements. Public Works Director also discouraged the Council from relying on petition percentages when considering installation of sewers, because there is an obligation to initiate sewer construction where there may be health hazard situation. Councilman Wood asked if the properties outside the plat had access to the sewers and was to14 they did, otherwise they could not be assessed. Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Wood to accept'the petition. Motion carried unanimously. 1(6'~ Paving Wildwood Street from Inglewood to 450 feet north; Ridgeway Drive from Flintridge Avenue to 450 feet north; Inglewood from west boundary of 2nd Addition Flintridge to 450 feet west; Ironwood Street from Ridgeway Drive to 650 feet north, and Cedar Ridge from Ironwood Street to Wildwood Street; also storm and sani tary sewer in area between 320 feet east and 800 feet west of Wildwood from 100 feet north to 1000 feet north of Flintridge Avenue . ~ I Petitioned by owners of 100% of property to be assessed. City's cost for storm! sewers is $7,100. Mr. Jilll1ams moved seconded by Mr. flood to accept ~e petition. Motion carried un~sly. \.,3 5/29(J3 - 10 :/1 " . " . " -.:' k~, ;.. -j,~,~ , ,...,~ '. =-