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- - , Arden Hills Council July 12, 1993 7 In response to Councilmember Malone's inquiry, City Engineer Maurer explained that Warren Hanson has proposed connection to the existing sanitary sewer system to service the lots he has created, which would not require disturbance of the Andersen or Bachman properties. He added that water service connections are available to the lots created by Hanson. Councilmember Probst reiterated earlier Council comments that Council is simply attempting to establish, on paper, an amended Transportation plan which would not be applied until the study area properties were sold, The Official Map would simply indicate that the City is interested and willing to obtain easements at the time the study area properties sell. He assured that the City could acquire easements or proceed with improvements only with the participation of the owners of the properties within the study area. Councilmember Malone stressed that the City takes seriously its responsibility to plan logical street and utility systems to assure systems can be maintained properly with a reasonable degree of ease, and to protect the community from potential hazards such as dangerous curves in streets or poorly designed and potentially problematic sewer systems. with regard to the confusion created by receipt of the individual notices indicating a potential assessment of $8,000, Councilmember Malone explained that the City mailed the notices to alert the neighborhood of this evening's meeting and future "potential" assessment. He noted that when the City sends notices on a matter such as this, the City is required by law to alert recipients of "potential" assessment, even though, in this instance, the potential for assessment is remote until perhaps the distant future. Councilmember Malone said it should be noted that alternate subdivision configurations can be submitted by Andersen and/or Bachman or their successors in the future, and the official Map would not preclude the City entertaining those alternate configurations, but would indicate the City's preferred future road alignment. He emphasized that the City is not considering or planning on proceeding with road improvements in this area at this time. Attorney Trooien countered that defining a "paper street" connection of Shoreline Lane will affect the Bachman and Andersen properties in that should the property owners submit an alternate subdivision configuration, the City could refuse it on the basis that it is inconsistent with the Transportation portion of the City's Comprehensive Plan.