Minutes-9 /28/1983

Potter: The June, 1979 study was not accurate. We didn't pay the engineer for doing it. Rohret: Our own engineering firm did the report. Cox: Stoffer has the same figures I do. Property taxes per house would be about $400 plus $40 per person in state aid. Ralph Brown said the sewer runs at 2/3 capacity now. It will go to 60,000 per day. We are already getting a new water tower. We will break even on utilities. Garbage fees bring about $7.00 per house of net revenue. Rohret: How do you plan to hook into the sewer? Stoffer: One of three options are available. 1) Lift station, 2) easement through to Summerhays Street or 3) easement through Allen property. A lift station would be only a temporary solution because they present problems. Rohret: What about watershed and storm sewer. There is a lot of infiltration into the sewer from the creek east of town. How will you deal with that problem? Stoffer: Specifically, I don't know at this time. I have not worked out every detail. Rohret: City does not have much information. We've only seen a diagram. We have no idea how you will control the run off water. The sewer system should be gravity. There should be a main access road off highway no. 6. Stoffer: We have to take the first step first. Rohret: The city would be better equipped to make a decision if you had more information available. Stoffer: We don't want a shoddy product either. We trust your review process. You have sufficient power through your review process and subdivision ordinance to say "no" for a variety of reasons. Storm water run off is only one of them. Rohret: I have nothing against growing in an orderly manner. It would be foolish of the city to vote for this petition. We need more information now, not after it is annexed. Stoffer: I could spend $1,000's of dollars of my time now but it would only be a gamble for my client. Brown: Are you saying we get most of the sewer infiltration from the creek east of town: Rohret: It's a natural watershed and will create an obvious problem. Brown: I thought you said most of the problems were from that creek. Rohret: No, but it is close and it will increase the water coming through there because it is a natural watershed.