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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 21, 2014 Page 26 off, opining that it seemed reasonable to him and only required some fine-tuning. Mayor Roe opined that it made sense to him to continue looking at the process, since other costs were already covered through grant awards and WalMart money; leaving remaining costs to be divided up through and as allowed under the as- sessment process. Mayor Roe sought comment regarding any objections to continuing the process. Councilmember Willmus opined that it needed more discussion before staff was directed to proceed in this direction. Mayor Roe asked what would facilitate that additional discussion or what addi- tional information the City Council would like to see. Councilmember Willmus responded that he would like additional information as to whether this assessment process had been used in other areas of the country; including similar scopes to define the benefit area geographically. Councilmem- ber Willmus opined that a lot of homeowners would be brought into the mix who may feel their benefit for extension of Twin Lakes Parkway is negligible. Coun- cilmember Willmus stated that there were many aspects needing to be looked at; and he was not yet ready to tell staff this is the direction to go. Mayor Roe clarified that staff was not looking to move in that direction yet. Mr. Trudgeon advised that any individual Councilmember input was helpful to staff; and further advised that he hoped to continue the discussion at the August 18, 2014 Worksession. If there was additional information, beyond that already identified and requested, that staff could provide to enhance that discussion, Mr. Trudgeon advised that it would be helpful for staff to know that. Mayor Roe suggested inviting property owners to that Worksession as well. Councilmember McGehee agreed with the requested cost information for apprais- als from Councilmember Laliberte; including project costs and any development costs or other items not currently being shown. Mayor Roe clarified that information request for staff to provide a more refined, but not yet finished,product. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, agreed with by Mayor Roe, staff was requested to provide tonight's Power Point presentation in that meeting packet, duly noted by Mr. Trudgeon. As far as informing property owners of these preliminary discussions, Mr. Trudg- eon recognized that every meeting was public, but cautioned that this early in the