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Couneihnember Kurak questioned if some of the costs being laid out would normally be absorbed by a developer as it goes along slowly, and if the costs would be recouped later. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied if it was in incremental extension there would be some expenses coming from the developer; however, that is what the trunk fund is for. As part of the Alpine Woods subdivision the City will reduce the amount of trunk fees the developer would give to the City by the amount of the extra size and depth that will be going through his subdivision. There is a value to that that the City will be paying back or forgiving of the developer. That amount is part of the cost associated with extra sizing and extra depth. Soft costs are always included when discussing construction costs. The process to do the complete design is broken into a number of different tasks. There are a number of components to the engineering aspect of this project that have some very close interaction together. That was the reason for the discussion of acquisition. Acquisition does not have to occur now, but this is a six to twelve month process and there are certain things that will have to be done. For example preliminary design is outlined in tasks one through four. In the feasibility study there were 10 to 15 different options and they have been narrowed to three options. They now need to do further defining of the alignment and see if there are any obstacles. One obstacle they know of is the gun club with the lead contamination. They are not ready to put pipes in the ground, but they need to know where they will go when they discuss land acquisition and if they will be on one side of the wetland as opposed to another. When talking to different landowners, one could be amenable to selling the land and the other opposed. It would be good to know that when designing the pipes. There needs to be a more advanced analysis of the alignment shown in the feasibility study. The detailed design and collected field data will be of value no matter what. He suggested the $35,000 and the $51,000 could go forward tonight. To answer the last question on how this gets financed, this is different than the comprehensive plan process. This is money that can be borrowed against the enterprise funds. In his opinion, regardless of where the alignment gets elected it is all part of the design process to determine the best alignment. No matter what option is chosen it can be paid back with the bonds for that particular improvement. Councihncmber Kurak stated the Council needs to be more aware of the financial status of this project. She needs to look at information regarding things like bonds that will not be reimbursed for a number of years, not just the number of housetops. She stated the AUAR is likely very expensive and inquired how the AUAR was handled with Town Center. Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied the AUAR was paid for completely by Town Center. Councihnember Kurak stated the City absorbing the costs of the AUAR does not make sense to her. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon explained there is a development impact fee for hooking up to the pipes. Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained the City would need to complete the environmental documentation for a pipe to go to the north. The issue of the developer giving City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 31 of 36