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<br />Mr. Scheller indicated he is opposed to the water because he has a well and does not want <br />to pay for something he is not going to use. Mayor Sweeney indicated it would cost more <br />to have a new well drilled than it would for the assessment for City water. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that the amount could be added to taxes and paid over a 10 <br />year period at an interest rate of 8% or residents could obtain a private loan with a much <br />lower interest rate. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra said she has concerns about bonding for these projects because <br />some of the bonds get paid off early and the City is left having amounts to make up. <br /> <br />Mr. Scheller indicated he is opposed to something that he will not use, has to pay for and <br />wonders if everyone with a well feels the same way. He then asked for a show of hands <br />of those that do not desire. City water and all in attendance for the hearing raised their <br />hands. <br /> <br />Mr. Don Simonson, 7263 Centerville Road, asked who made the determination that <br />Centerville Road is in disrepair and said it has cement curbs and has not been overlaid. <br />He then said that the culvert may need repair but, the road is in better shape than Mill <br />Road. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney indicated the City is looking into whether it would. be more cost <br />effective to reconstruct it now rather than to just install water and in two or three years, <br />tear up the street and reconstruct it at a larger cost to the City and residents. <br /> <br />Mr. Simonson read the Ordinanc.e indicating that residents have to connect by a time <br />determined' by Council and asked what that time ftame would be. Mayor Sweeney <br />indicated that the practice of the City has been to require connection when a well fails. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated the sitting Council at the time of the <br />development would make the determination. She then said that it has been the practice to <br />require hook up when a well goes bad. <br /> <br />Mr. Simonson indicated that any improvement to the loop can be assessed to all that <br />benefit. City Attorney Hoeft indicated the City has to be able to establish that there is a <br />benefit to the properties that are being assessed in an amount equal to or greater than the <br />amount of the assessment. He then said that municipalities have been successful in <br />assessing' for installing water, but not for looping because the benefit is difficult to <br />establish. ' <br /> <br />Ms. Suzanne Seeley, 1784 Peltier Lake Drive, indicated that it was mentioned at the <br />informational meeting that directional drilling was the more expensive of the options and <br />asked for costs for the open cutting. Mayor Sweeney explained that it is more expensive <br />to directionally drill the water if the street is not being constructed but it is less expensive <br />than the assessment would be for the entire project, water and street, by open cutting. He <br />then said that the City is looking into whether it is more cost effective to reconstruct the <br /> <br />Page 6 of17 <br />