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CouncilmcmbcJ' K.m-al( questione6 if some of the costs being laid out would normally be absorbed by ,~ tlcvclopcr as it goes along sloxvly, and if the costs would be recouped later. Assistant l~ublic ¥\'orks Director Oison replied if it was in incremental extension there would be some expenses coil~ing fi:om tim dctvcloper; however, that is what the trunk fund is for. As part el' thc Alpine Woods subdivision iho City will reduce the amount of trunk fees the developer would give to the City by tile amo~mt of the extra size and depth that will be going through his subdivision. Thelc is a valu(; to tha~ that the City will be paying back or forgiving of the developer. That amount is part et thc cost associated with extra sizing and extra depth. Soft costs arc alv,,~tys i~cluclcd when di.~cussing construction costs. The process to do the complete design is broken imo a number el dil'l~'erent tasks. There are a number of components to the engineering aspect o1' this project timt have some very close interaction together. That was the reason t0t' thc discussion of acquisi~ ion. Acquisition does not have to occur now, but this is a six to twelve month process and there arc: certain things that will have to be done. For example preliminary design is outlined in tasks one through four. h~ the feasibility study there were 10 to 15 dil'l'crcllt option,s and they have I>eol~ narrowed to three options. They now need to do further defining o t' thc al igmnent and see if there are any obstacles. One obstacle they know of is the gun club with thc lead ,zontamination. ~fhey 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 thc land and tho othc~'r opposed. It would be good to know that when designing the pipes. Thcre needs to bca more advanced analysis of the alignment shown in the feasibility study. The detailed dcsig~ a~]d collected field data will be of value no matter what. He suggested the $35,000 and thc $51,000 could go lor~¥ard tonight. To answer the last question on how this gets t'inanced, this is dil't'crent lhar~ thc comprehensive plan process. This is money that can be borrowed against the enterprise fm~d,q. In his opinion, regardless of where the alignment gets elected it is all part of the d~:sign princess to determine the best alignment. No matter what option is chosen ii cam bo paid back with tt~:: bonds for that particular improvement. Cotmcihncnabcr K t~rak stated t]~e (ouncil needs to be more axvare of the financial status of this project. ,She need,'; to look att i~f'om~ation regarding things like bonds that will not be reimbursed lbr a nttn~bcr ot' yr'ars, not just the number of housetops. She stated the AUAR is likely very expensive arid inquired how the AU AI~, was handled with Town Center. Assistant l'ublir; x?,..~orl<s Director C~lson replied the AUAR was paid for completely by Town Center. Councihnen~bcr IK, tlrak stated the City absorbing the costs of the AUAR does not make sense to her. Assistant Conm~tmity Development Director Trudgeon explained there is a development impact l'ce l'or hooking up io tile pipes. Assistant l'ublie Works Director Olson explained the City would need to complete the environmental doc~tmcntation I'or at pitCe to go to the north. The issue of the developer giving City Com~cil/May 11, 2004 Page 31 of 36