1981/06/10 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

!I!!! !! 258 IJune 10,1981 ! . 1 President Baker asked if there was any information available regarding future expansion by the City and Joe Kowlovski,City Staff member,replied . 1 the City had no definite expansion plans at this time. I Fred Hopkins representidg Frank and Fred Hopkins,property owners in this LID area,suggested bufyingthe wires on City property and did not feel he would directly benefit from this improvemeni. Phil Potts,of 3319 Colby and oWner Of ProPertY in the P.P..LID,re- 1 tra:IIT1114!:41%Indge=dLU'Iing%1:tlo=Zr11111:1=Zrp=1118Zn 1 or fireman. He also questioned why this improvement was not done at the I tin.City Hall was remodeled. Mr.Potts said the undergrounding would only be for aesthetic purposes and could see no direct benefit to his ProPerty. IJoe 1.01ovski et..the City had Intended to underground these wires a. I had 9...deaPProximatelf 898,008 in 1978 for this purpose. ZIIII=:::ndes;lektirg:=1 be II:.1:fd:=GiI11.Zhrbel:11=id'fe!I 1 b Ll%s=dei,,ne,r1ty..por„eremid he was against the LID as he felt there would President Baker said she felt there would be considerable benefit to those '' businesses having alley entrances. f!!!!I,, Mr.°island addressed the cost of installation from the alley to the buildings,stating this was not being taken into consideration in the cost estimation. This additional cost might result in higher rents causing present tenants to vacate. He also felt the Wall Street Building's assess- ..,-. ' ment was a pittance in comparison to that of the small property owner. Councilman Langus then asked Mr.019 18 80 00019 be in favor of the LID rif his share was not so much and he replied 9:900 only against the way it was handled and 9es not against the L/D per se. 8, 2rglrInIlaUTZ ZhtelsILaIo!IderfUli:I=Ildh:21a11:;hrd==t° II',1 11 1 was in favor of doing that. .I ., , Mr.Potts inquired about the validity of the estimates of a year ago and asked who would perform the work. Ms.Strong said the PUD would do the work and algo that their fixed costs were still valid. Mr.Potts said he , thought the eotimates were too low. Dennis Jordan asked if there would be a savings if the LID boundary were extended and Ms.Strong said there could be a unit price reduction but increased cos.in other areas would be encountered. However,a definite '1 cost study had not been done on this. . . Councilman Overstreet asked if there were any representatives from the well Street Building in the audience and did they wish to speak and no one replied. Councilman Overstreet then asked for Administration's opinion and Joe ' Foblovski replied that this improvement was felt necessary and that I . . Administration recommended approval of this LID. 1 1 . f—,..