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authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into a development agreement with Great Plains Gas for the construction of an office/display structure at 7411 Hwy. #10 N.W. Further Discussion: Mr. Chuba stated that he has reviewed the proposed development agreement and it will not be possible to blacktop, sod/seed or landscape during the current construction season. Councilmembers Schlueter and Sorteberg amended the motion to include that the development agreement will set a deadline of June 1, 1987, weather permitting, for blacktopping and landscaping. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Reimann, Councilmembers Sorteberg, Cox, Schlueter and DeLuca. Voting No: None. Request To Delete Street Assessment; Case'0f'Mr. George Adams: Mr. Hartley explained that Mr. Adams approached Council on October 7, 1986 requesting that the remainder of the 1980 street improvement assessment against one of his properties be deleted on the basis that the parcel has been combined with the parcel on which his home is situated. At the time street improvements were made, Mr. Adams did have two parcels which were, at that point in time, developable if fill were added to the vacant parcel. Those parcels were assessed as two separate lots. Since then, Mr. Adams has combined the lots into one parcel because the lot in question is unfeasible to develop. Subsequently, when sealcoating was done this summer, Mr. Adams' property was considered as one assessable unit. Mr. Adams stated that he feels the vacant lot is and never was buildable; surrounding higher property has been determined unbuildable; the County lowered the value on the property. Councilmember Cox stated that there are situations where it is cost prohibitive to bring a lot up to buildable requirements; Mr. Adams would probably only have received one assessment for street construction had he brought this to council's attention at the time. The fact that Mr. Adams was allowed to combine the lots and that he only received one assessment for sealcoating seems to confirm the unbuildability of the second parcel. Motion by Councilmember Cox and seconded by Councilmember Schlueter, for discussion, to adopt Resolution #86-174 directing that Mr. George Adams be abate the balance due on an assessment to R1-32-25-14-0016 for Street Improvement Project #80-12; and if adequate funds are not available in that project's debt service fund to cover the abatement, the balance due be derived from the general fund. (Please refer to resolution file for Resolution #86- 170). Further Discussion: Mayor Reimann stated that this issue should have been handled at the time of the assessment hearings for Project 80-12. Mr. Adams stated that it may have been a case of ignorance, but he just recently learned that he could combine lots; he didn't want to forfeit the lot to the City because it is tied into the house mortgage. Councilmember Cox stated that Council is not going to use tax dollars to solve ignorance but he feels October 28, 1986 Page 11 of 21