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CITY OF GEM LAKE MINUTESOF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER, 2005 A duly. ordered and noticed Public Hearing before the City Council of the City of Gein Lake wascalled to order by Mayor Emeott on Wednesday,16 November 2005, at 7:05 PM in the first floor tneeting. rootn .of'fousley Ford. Mayor Lmeott, Councilors.Bosak, Schilling, Watson and Rasmussen and Clerk Magnuson Were present. Also present were 3 representatives.of SEH, Inc. as City Planners and Engineers, im McNulty, Bryan. Hansen and approximately 16 residents of the City. Mayor Imeott opened by thanking all present for attending the public: hearing. He thenstated that the Clerk has previously presented the final' accounting for Public. Improvement ProjectNo. 2004-01, Reconstruction .of Scheuneman Road from I-lighway61 northerly to it's intersection with Otter Lake Road and Construction of. Municipal Sanitary Sewer along a portion of the same roadway to provide sanitary sewer service to all residents .of Scheunernan Road and Hillary Farm. Mayor Emeott then referred presentation of the accounting to Mr. Magnuson. Clerk Magnuson provided a brieifhistory of the.proiect's evolution including the needs of Hitlaty Farm, the residents along the north section of Scheuneman Road, and the golf course. Inspections of existing systems also indicated needs to be served by the project. The bonding process was also reviewed. Clerk Magnuson presented the :accounting for the project, providing a breakdown of the project by cost allocation for roadway reconstruction versus sewer installation and a breakdown of the project by cost allocation for engineering, administration, finance, legal, etc. Costs associated with the project were presented toand reviewed by the City Council at it's October meeting and have been permanently retained in both printed and electronic formats as PIP200402b,xis. Final costs of the roadway portion of the project totaling:$68,250 are proposed to be assessed against seventy-eight (78) belle fitted properties resulting in a cost to each benefitted property owner of"$875.00 with Gem Lake hills paying five. (5) shares based upon property units. Final costs of the sewer portion -of the project totaling $517,394 arc proposed to be assessed against sixty-five (65) benefitted properties resulting in a cost to each bene fitted property owner of.$7,960.00 with (jeni Lake paying: six (6) shares based upon the.. number of SAC charges associated with their facility. At Mayor Eineott's request, Clerk Magnuson then identified the reductionin tonight's accounting from the letter noticed to the community as. a clerical error postingexpenses that actuallyreduced costs to residents.. Mayor Enieott then: recognized those present. Mr. Tessier (4085 Sch) questioned the total on the: notice amount with Magnuson responding it is atypographical error and corrected copies are available. Mr. Tessier was also advised that if his property were sold, the assessment typically becomes due andpayableby either buyer or seller usually on a negotiated basis. Hazel White (4106 Sch) asked regarding. interest: stating she intends to pay the entire assessment on January 2, 2006 and wants to know if she must pay interest for the entire. Magnuson responded he would attempt to clarify the matter for her given her special circumstances and would call her wit the. results. Magnuson also explained deferment options. for the assessment: Mr.: Hoeschler corrected Magnuson that the entire years interest would be due on January 2. Gerhart Meyer (3920 Sch) asked regarding definitions of SAC and charges related to Sac to which Mayor Ellicott responded, clarifying SAC units, charges, and application: He also indicated we intend to waive the SAC charges for the first lull year`t'or everyone who converts septic to .sewer. Bill John (4015 Sell) asked if additional extensions of SAC waivers were goingto be available as he has a new septic system and wouldliketo convert in two years. Clerk Magnuson suggested the matter" be considered by the Council. following the public hearing.. Hestated that he spent $6,500 working with .relatives to install his system and thathe believed his costs were very cheap. Gerhart Meyer (3920. Sch) then asked what SAC chargeswere being paid by Geri Lake Hills and Hillary Farm to which Mayor Ehteott responded. one (1) per:new home built. Bill Flaspeter (401 0Sch) asked about where all materials removed from road went. ."M.itchell indicated all went back into the road bed. Mitchell also represented additional fill materials required. due to poor soil. Questions and responses Iollowed regarding soilborings and why we didn't find it earlier to which Mitchell responded. Costs would not have: varied based upon findings. Page of 3