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to directionally drill the water if the street is not being constructed but it is less expensive than the assessment would be for the entire project, water and street, by open cutting. He then said that the City is looking into whether it is more cost effective to reconstruct the street at this time even though the assessment would be higher now; it may make sense if the overall assessment for water at this time and street in a few years would be higher. Ms. Seeley indicated she is not opposed to one or the other, but had only heard the figures for directional drilling and she would be interested in the figures for open cutting. She then said she would not like to have the roads tom up for a long period of time and would prefer to keep the assessment as low as possible. Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that Council needed better and more information on the open cutting option for street reconstruction prior to making a determination. Ms. Seeley indicated that every time she hears the figures, they are increasing and it makes her nervous because at the informational meeting, it was $5,100 and now it is proposed for $12,000 for streets and water. Mayor Sweeney indicated the $5,100 for water is still the number one option; however, the City asked for more information including the street reconstruction. Ms. Seeley indicated the need for road repair would be caused by the development as the roads currently do not need repair. She then said that she feels the developer should bear the cost of the road reconstruction and not the residents. She further commented that most residents have wells and do not need the improvements, but the developer does to make his money from the development. Mr. Schluender indicated the developer will be required to escrow monies for Mill Road and Peltier Lake Road and those monies will be held for an overlay for any damage caused by the construction traffic. Ms. Seeley indicated that Mill Road is starting to degrade and putting this kind of traffic on it will degrade it even faster. Ms. Seeley said she would appreciate spreading the cost of the road repair to the developer as he stands to make a lot of money. She then asked if it would be possible to include the 13 households that were not included in the assessments to lower the assessment overall for the other residents. She further commented that the last assessment for water was $4,330 and theirs is $5,100. Ms. Moore-Sykes explained that the assessment for the 13 homes that were not previously assessed would be very close to that of the other residents for this project after inflation and said that it is not possible to include those 13 residents to lower the assessment for the other 45. Ms. Renee Lee, 7268 Clearwater Drive, asked why she had never seen anything about advertisements for bids on the project and asked where the numbers for the assessments came from. Mayor Sweeney explained the figures are the Engineer's estimate. Page 7 of17