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Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting October 4, 2001 Page 8 property line and will serve as a breaking point between the city and property owner's line. He advised that it will be the property owner's responsibility to have a licensed plumber take the line from the city's line to the property owner's house. Mr. Napier said the city will work with the property owners any way they can to try to make it a shorter sewer run in order to be more cost effective. Mr. Napier said the lift station on 42nd N.E. will be eliminated in order to save everyone some money. He said the city will need three additional easements in the Golden Acres Addition. Mr. Napier explained the assessment program to all present, saying that the portion of the project that includes the collection system being built will be constructed on an assessment basis and the cost of he interceptor portion of the project will not be assessed. He explained that the tributary area method will be used to assign cost for the collection system, treating the drainage area like a rainfall drainage area, but removing the portion that is already being served by city sewer, approximately 170 acres. All ofthe property to be assessed will be assessed on a percentage basis. He stated that the drainage area included approximately 170 acres, but that only 46 acres would be assessed under this program. Mr. Napier advised that state law allows the city to assess 90% of the cost to everyone in the area, but the way he has broken it out with the tributary method the city is only going to assess 26.8% of the cost instead of the 90% that state law allows. Mr. Napier said another method that is sometimes used is the front footage method. What that consists of is taking the length of the property along a dedicated street and coming up with a cost per foot of sewer line, but in this case, it was deemed unfair. City Attorney Schenk advised that as a result of adding additional property they will send out a second notice and have an additional public hearing. City Attorney Schenk also explained the assessment process. Johnny Exum, 4555 Pine Mill Road, came forward stating that if he has read the letter that the city mailed out correctly, there are 7,9761inear feet of eight inch pipe at a cost of $551,000.00.