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" 2) The City role in this project needs to be fully explained. We need to list the three altematives infrastmcture constnlction projects that we can contribute to the site. To clarifY our position, I do not believe that we should offer to either pay for the design of the plat, the individual lot grading, or other nOllM public design, landscaping, or construction. We should, however, offer our low cost, low interest financing for the public infrastructure construction costs, We can specially assess these improvements against each lot and hope that these assessment costs will be paid off in the first residential mortgage transaction on each lot. Three altemative scenarios are possible for city participation in this manner: a) The Developer could petition the City to design, construct, and finance all public improvements, including street paving, curbs and gutters, sidewa1ks, boulevards, street tree plantings. and street lights. in addition to sewer, water, stonn sewer, and ponding improvements. All of these impmvements would be within City light-of-way or City easements. The costs of this project would be assessed to the individual lots when construction is complete. The developer, since he controHed all the propel1y and was accepting all assessments (in writing) could waive the Chapter 429 hearings, The City may request an administration fee for this work, which in turn could be set aside in a city-wide housing and neighborhood rehabilitation fund, b) The Developer could petition the City to simply finance the design and construction of all public improvements, including street paving, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, boulevards, street tree plantings, and street I1ghts, in addition to sewer, water, stonn sewer, and ponding improvements. An of these improvements would be built by the develol>eIJS contractor, to City specifications, within City rightMof-way or City easements. The City would have review authol;ty over the plans and specifications as well as on-site constl1.Jction review authOl;ty. The costs of this project would be biUed to the city, In tum the City would be assessed to the individual lots when construction is complete. The developer, since he controlled all the property and was accepting a11 assessments (in writing) could waive the Chapter 429 hearings. A slight variation of this ahemative ubI! might be to incJude all of the developer's costs for grading the entire site into the financing package, The City may request an administration fee for any of this financing work, which in tum could be set aside in a city-wide housing and neighbor1lOod rehabil1tation fund.