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Commissioner Deemer stated he feels Mr. Goodrich is wrong on the timing. He stated the <br />citizens should have brought the petition to the Charter Commission first. <br /> <br />Chairperson Vogt stated if this amendment were added into the City's Charter, what does that <br />mean to us. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich responded that Chapter 8 deals with public improvements and special assessments. <br />It focuses on how special assessments are handled. Mr. Goodrich talked about how <br />improvements may come about and the process for getting the project process started. He talked <br />about not having to connect if you don't want to. No one can be forced to hook up. Now we <br />have received this petition. He believed the authors are intending to prohibit leapfrog <br />development. This is an attempt to have developers or people petitioning for City sewer and <br />water paying for the interim properties. He reiterated that people cannot be forced to hook up. <br /> <br />Terry Hendriksen, 15631 Ramsey Boulevard NW, stated that it talks about properties that will <br />have sewer and water made available to them. If the extension of sewer and water doesn't make <br />sewer available to any property much of this does not have an effect. <br /> <br />Commissioner LaMere asked what does "make available" mean. <br /> <br />Mr. Hendriksen responded that's a term that people have been "tap dancing" around. <br /> <br />Chairperson Vogt stated that we are trying to understand what this is doing for the City. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich stated that probably everyone who reads this has an interpretation. <br /> <br />Mr. H~ndriksen stated that 8.7 is a summary of what it's intended to do. 8.8 - there was some <br />feeling that people were playing games in trying to define failure to force people to hook up. 8.9 <br />leapfrog development which is what Mr. Goodrich focused on - example - 150t~ to 170th - <br />attempt to curb - "no fault capitalism". <br /> <br />Commissioner Ebel asked if Mr. Hendriksen had a case scenario of someone this would affect. <br />Mr. Hendriksen replied he did not but it has the potential of happening. <br /> <br />Commissioner Bertzyk asked Councilmember Elvig what's the motivation for fear. <br /> <br />Eric Zaetsch stated there's an effort to nm sewer to the north, leapfrogging. It's to do a comp <br />plan right instead of doing it piecemeal. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich stated that 8.4 is right out of State Statutes. <br /> <br />Mr. Zaetsch talked about the benefit having to be based on the assessment. In Traprock, there is <br />no benefit. There are all kinds of problems in the existing Charter looking at what would be fair <br />and they have not been done before. <br /> <br />Charter Commission -April 21, 2005 <br /> Page 4 of 10 <br /> <br /> <br />