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HONCHELL: It was the thinking of the staff that, at the time they need this sewer, mainly that they split their property, and that then would be the time when they would pay their assessments. It is fairly common for the City to do it this way, although it hasn't been done much lately. At the time the City was building its sewer and water system, many times it was going by large parcels where there was a single structure involved and DEMOS: And that was a mistake. HONCHELL: Well, no it all depends on which way you want to look at it. Some people may own three or four hundred feet of assessable land with only one structure on it and they got assessed for the full amount. In some cases it was a fairly dif- ficult payment for them to make. Obviously, it could be done in this case as well, but the staff felt that this was a reasonable assessment for the parcels and the City would also be getting rid of 5 of its last 7 unconnected sanitary sewers. COUNCILMEMBER: If the total cost is $22.91 per foot, is some portion of this (inaudible) or all charged? HONCHELL: It's all charged. The standard policy says that the sanitary sewers are fully assessed as long as you get full gravity service. If you didn't have gravity service and you had to put your own lift stations in, then it would be half the fare, that's the standard approach. DEMOS: Charlie, what's an average cost per lot? HONCHELL: For instance, starting from the left, I see l40, 142' these are the footages, (the numbers up in there are fron- tages) 93, 150. DEMOS: Most of them are over a 100 feet. HONCHELL: All but two. DEMOS: So your talking somewhere in the neighborhood of a $1000? HONCHELL: Depending upon which lot, that's approximately right. MAN IN AUDIENCE: My name is Steve (inaudible). Over a period of time....... (inaudible) HONCHELL: Yes, our recommendation would be to assess it over the 15 year period with the right of prepayment if they wish and if not, to pay it with their taxes over that period of time with interest. STEVE: Do you propose to put a road in there along side the sanitary sewer?