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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 10,2012 Page 17 coming from the system, and to manage things better. Mayor Roe opined that the City was now on target to achieve that. However, in order to do so, Mayor Roe noted that sometime it needed to be initiated, thus the action of the City Council over the last two (2) years, even though a difficult decision for all in- volved. Councilmember McGehee thanked Councilmember Johnson for his support; however, specific to water rates, real costs needed to be addressed and a busi- ness model adopted moving forward; and an organizational philosophy that eve- rything could be accomplished under the CIP was not sufficient. Councilmember Johnson concurred with Councilmember McGehee; but reiter- ated that things now were in place to achieve results. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Johnson; Willmus; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. c. Approve Resolution Adopting City Assessment Policy City Engineer Debra Bloom provided a summary of the recommendation for approval of the revised City Assessment Policy as outlined in the RCA dated December 10, 2012. Pust moved, Willmus seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11037 (Attachment D) entitled, "Resolution Adopting Special Assessment Policy. In response to Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bloom reviewed how assess- ments may work for regional improvement projects and determination of benefit areas as defined and part of the feasibility report based on appraised values. Ms. Bloom opined that this would provide flexibility in the overall project re- view and enable a better methodology. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Johnson; Willmus; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. Mayor Roe thanked the PWETC for their review of and recommendations for revisions to the Assessment Policy. d. Approve Contract for Civil Legal Services City Manager Malinen reviewed negotiations with the selected law firm to pro- vide civil legal services to the City, as authorized at the December 3, 2012 City Council meeting.