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I I I Council Meeting Minutes June 10, 1986 Council Business, continued Senden reviewed his letter of June 6, 1986, and asked council to consider this evening initiating condemnation, vacation of Second Street right-of-way, acquire the right-of-way for expansion, and feasibility study for storm water improvement system. Senden stated that a number of adjacent property owners are present and will have comments. Benke asked, with regard to initiating a request for condemnation, if the condemnation would be in an adverse sense or in a project facilitation sense; Send en indicated both cases were present and explained the tax law advantages, noting one property owner re- fused to sell. Brandt asked how many homes will be affected by this project; Senden stated the action requested for tonight is for Phase I which concerns two homes (one is owner-occupied and one is renter- occupied). Senden noted that those living immediately adjacent to the project are also present. Gunderman asked for Locke's response to Senden's four points; Locke said staff needs direction from the council in order to make the four items happen (did not feel a condemnation decision was appropriate at this point; in terms of the 90-day issue, there was not enough information available to approve that process tonight; it would be appropriate to have some sense to begin dealing with affected property owners; and, regarding vacation and improvements issues, they are fairly straight forward actions for the city en- gineer). With regard to condemnation initiation, Benke felt that council's approval of the concept would imply its willingness to proceed with condemnation. Proper indicated that drainage is quite significant; difficulty is the facility will be expensive and will benefit the total project and it will be difficult to assess those properties when they are not a part of Phase I of the project. Schmidt asked which lots will be included in Phase I; Senden stated Lots 1 through 5, and Lot 8. In response to Schmidt's question, Senden indicated he antici- pates action would be taken on those lots between now and this Fall. Schmidt stated this project was held up because of the study with Nike Gair & Associates when council was taking a look at the whole area; feels if something does not happen soon, most interest will be directed north on the Old Highway 8 corridor. Page Twenty-One