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I I I i I I I i I i I I I I I I I I 8) plahnihg for personnel needs within the City. 9) Equipment needs within the City. The introduc!ng ', of sanitary sewer and water to the City of Ra3nsey will create a major ~shift in Ramsey's policy on the developing of land lying outside of the Proposed sewered area. These public improvements {sanitary sewer and wa~er) will create a major debt service obligation for 'the land owner who will ~enefit from these improvements aund the City which will have to pick up thee O:versizing costs for those areas where they won't derive a benefit until s~metime later in the future. Consequently, when the City Council embarks !on these types of public improvements, it is going to want tJ~ese ~mproV~d a, reas to develop immediately to diminish any possibilities of the asseSs, able costs ending up as a City cost because the land owners defaulted on pay~ment because of the lack of development. Accordingly, ~the' City has developed the following proposed policies: a) ~4_un_~iciplal Trunk Utility-Extension Policy - ~ne utility extension witl~i no~ be m~de Until the area presently served is 50 percent developed. This will minimize leap frog development; however, moreil importantly, it will protect the City from additional finan- cial~ burdens which could be very costly to all tax'payers. Variance could bg granted to this policy to extend trunk utility lines where the ~ev~loper would agree to finance the total cost on an interim basis. !At the time the City decided to expand the utility trunk servicelarea, a refund would be made to the developer. b) Spe?~a/ i Assessment Policy - The special assessment policy will be est.mbliShed by ordinance Which will be adopted prior to introducing utilities to the City of Ramsey. However, the following is a brief overview of the City's thoughts on this issue: .1)~ Trunk. Utility'Costs - This will be assessed 100% on an acre basis; however, oversizing of trunk lines for areas not being serviced presently will be financed by the City on an interim basis. 2) Lateral Utility Costs - This will be 100% assessed on a unit basis. The City's policies on street improvements are as follow~: a) b) DevelOpers'finance the cost of the bituminous street surfacing in new plats'. ~ Cit£z~ns~ who reside in old developments where the developers were not required to put in bituminous streets are required to petition for street b~tuminous surfacing in these areas if they want it. Accord- ingly, they will be assessed 100% for the cost of it.