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July 5, 1995
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Smith: I don't believe I have any other comments, unless you have some questions of me
or Superintendent Stuart, Bruce is here tonight.
Kingsford: We are blessed indeed to have Bruce with us. Does the Council have any
questions of the pressure issue or the amount of water that was pumped. There is a very
detailed document Gary put together on that issue I'm sure you were assisted by the
Water Department.
Morrow: My only comment would be a note of congratulations, those guys have done a hell
of a job trying to get this thing chased down and put back together and they have worked
very diligently at it for the last 2 weeks that I am aware of, 3 weeks that I am aware of. I
for one would like to acknowledge that I think they are doing a really fine job researching
it. I was kind of in on it from the very beginning and boy they had no place to start from and
they have come from zero a long ways out in a very short period of time. A note of thanks
for doing a heck of a job there for us.
Kingsford: One of the things that Gary has I think expressed to this group and he and I
have discussed at some length is the issue of tying some of the wells by zone into
pressurize in the system rather than to have to be activated by the telemetries in the tower.
I think certainly that is going to improve the pressure issue. I think if there is a problem out
there being an old irrigator I think it probably rests in the fact that we have too small of
pipes in the main part of town. I think our consulting engineer back eons ago when that
was put together that thought a ten inch pipe would be adequate failed to run his calculator
properly. We would have been a lot better served to have 14 or 16 inch pipe going out,
maybe 10 out at the perimeter but I think given where we are at we are going to have to
have those zones. Again I don't think we have a problem with the volume of water, we are
going to have to make sure the pressure is there. It might necessitate booster pumps in
some areas and so on. I also appreciate the effort that Bruce and Gary and the crew have
put in on that. Anything else Gary?
Smith: I just want to thank you for your comments and give Bruce a pat on the back -__
because he fields telephone calls from residents and he has been keeping track of things
fro me. He has been making some very good suggestions to try and remedy the situation.
I want to pass that along to him and his staff.
Kingsford: Shari?
Stiles: Mr. Mayor and Council this is an item that Mayor you had requested I put on the
agenda, the impact fee for the golf course. Impact fee may not be the appropriate
terminology it has been discussed as $650 a unit and I don't know how that is being
worked out whether it is a written agreemerrt with those developers. The impact fee
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ordinance doesn't preclude private agreements with developers. Just for your information
the fees generated from Ashford Greens and The Lake at Cherry Lane No. 3 and 4 at total
build out will be $353,600.
Kingsford: The reason that is slightly higher than what we had budgeted we have moved
that figure from $600 to $650 at the agreement of both of the developers. For the Council's
information I am requesting we have a contract with the City that it be collected so that
everyone is aware.
Morrow: I think the terminology of impact fee here is incorrect.
Kingsford: Golf course development fee.
Morrow: It is by their choosing that it is not included in the price of the lot. Historically
every subdivision that I have built in on golf courses we have bought part of the golf
course in the price that we paid for the lot. It is by their desire here that it not be
incorporated in the pricing of the lot. So in na way shape or form is this an impact fee or
any fee that the City is proposing for this. This is by them determining that they don't want
this within their lot fee. All they are doing is contracting to collect, for us to collect it
directly at point of building permit. So I don't want the terminology here to indicate in any
way shape or form that it is an impact fee or anything of the sort. It is not.
Kingsford: The issue is and has been there has to be a golf course there, the developer
struck and agreement with myself and this Council and previous Council's, part of this
Council and previous Council's to develop the golf course and then not have to front the
money. This is the vehicle used, so I agree with you it is certainly not an impact fee in that
sense. And also for the Council's information the additional lots in Cherry Lane
Subdivision No. 3 $100 that Mr. White agreed to collect for golf course expansion will be
on top of this. And likewise the monies that voluntarily were collected by Golfview Estates
No. 1 would be on tr.p of this. So we will be in excess and of course we wily want to reflect _
that in the next fiscal years budget, additional monies there. Thank you Shari. Gary? --
Smith: Mr. Mayor I forgot one item that 1 would like to ask you to.
Kingsford: I'm sorry you had your chance.
Smith: Oh, okay, on Bedford Place Subdivision I think I put a copy of a memo that I wrote
in your box along with a copy of item #23 of the development agreement. I had visited with
Mayor Kingsford on this issue when I wrote the memorandum or excuse me prior to that
memorandum. The Mayor asked me to write this up and distribute it to you so you would
have some background information on the subject. I think my memorandum spel s out