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will suffer certain consequences i fthey d o not follow what they demand. He does not want <br />anyone making a decision based on the assumption they will never be forced to hook up, only to <br />find out their assurances on that are false. <br /> <br />Chairperson Zimmerman commented they will not answer all these questions tonight and they <br />need to bring more information out at the public heating. <br /> <br />Principal City Engineer Olson stated one of the reasons there are a lot of people here from the <br />155th Lane project is because that street will be ripped up. It was discussed at the informational <br />meeting they held last week whether they would be given the option to hook up to sewer and <br />water when they want to. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated he has two major concerns. Number one is that personally he does not care <br />if people want this or do not want it, if they could they would give it to the people that want it. <br />His major concern is that the whole City does not have to pick up the cost. They need to <br />determine if there would be enough payment with the people that would hook up right away. <br />The City will pick up the cost on the bonding and when someone hooks up it would be used to <br />pay off on the bond. They have to protect the whole City's interest in the cost of this particular <br />project. He questioned if they would still be in good shape with bonding and other developments <br />after five .to seven years, and would not need to put them through the General Fund. <br /> <br />Chairperson Zimmerman stated they must get the support of the people if they are going to run <br />sewer and water into an area, if people are not going to hook up there is no point. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated they did not do some projects because they were not feasible cost wise. He <br />has also heard people who said they would never want water, then saying it will cost them <br />$12,000 to put in new septic system and it may be time to hook up. The other issue to address is <br />if there is any idea of the septic tank failure rate in that area. His number one concern, however, <br />is the cost factor to the whole City. <br /> <br />Principal City Engineer Olson explained they would not have to bond for the money, they have <br />the dedicated fund now for trunk and lateral fees and Would utilize ..that money until they are <br />reimbursed on hook up. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated the only way to be absolutely sure the majority of residents <br />will not be burdened with the costs is if there are enough people to make this financing feasible, <br />they must have the overwhelming majority. The project across the street caused the charter <br />amendment. When they analyzed the cost of that, they did not collect the amount they were <br />intending to assess, however, it covered the cost of that project. The City was n°t out any dollars <br />for having done that project except for overhead. The point is that at some point you cover your <br />actual costs and they will not know that until they see who is in support. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson stated there is concern if the street already has to be torn up and they <br />have to do it again later to install sewer and water. Another question was the expectation of the <br /> <br />Public Works Committee/July 16, 2002 <br /> Page 5 of 28 <br /> <br /> <br />