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. J 1 City of CenterviUe February 13, 2002 Council Minutes Mayor Swedberg quoted his comments from the last meeting and said he feels the interested parties need to be at the meeting to be heard. City Attorney Hoeft indicated Council needed to authorize the preparation of plans and specifications in order to go out for bid to have better numbers for the project. He then indicated that the City Engineer's figures are an estimate and could change slightly but should not go up much, if any. He further commented that Mr. Rehbein has agreed that $5,400 per lot for City water is reasonable. Council Member Capra indicated the $5,400 is only the cost to run City water to the lot and the developer has more costs to ~nnect each home to the water. City Attorney Hoeft indicated that, from a financial standpoint, Council is in a lot better position than it was at the last meeting because two-thirds of the property owners agree to the funding. Council Member Nelson indicated she would like to proceed with plans and specifications and said she would feel more comfortable with keeping 10 residents at the $4,903, the developer at $58,970, the DeFoe property at $54,000 and the City portion at $26,000 because that lowers the residential property owners portion slightly. ModoB by Mayor Swedbel"2. seeoBded by CouBcll Member Travis to ~ble thl! matter for further cOBsideratioB of the Bumben. Ayes - 2. Nays - 3 {Broussard VickerslNelsoalCaora. MotioB failed. Council Member Broussard Vickers suggested splitting the c:liffurence between proposal number three and four and muhiply the number times the number of lots which calculates to $66,865 for the developer and $64,220 for DeFoe. She then commented she is concerned about spending money for the plans and specifications in the event the developer challenges the City's numbers. She also commented that she feels the City would benefit from the extension by being able to loop Pehier Lake Drive in the future. Mayor Swedberg asked if the developer would be asking for 429 bonding authority. Mr. Rehbein indicated he is developing the project as a private project and would riot be using the 429 bonding authority. Mayor Swedberg asked what the plans and specifications would cost in engineering fees. Mr. Peterson estimated the engineering costs to be approximately $15,000. Mayor Swedberg commented that the City could incur costs for something that might not happen. Council Member Nelson suggested charging the developer $60,000, Mr. DeFoe $60,000, the City $27,000, and each resident $3,200. Mr. Rehbein indicated he would be willing to pay the $60,000 but noted that puts the total costs of water at $12,000 per lot and that is almost three times as much as a well. Page 10 of25