City Council Agenda and Packet 1984 07 24

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7/24/84 Page -2- Mr. Rupp stated that he spoke with Dave Stahl of Homart and he indicated that they need an answer by August 1st in order to have the Howard Berry plant in operation by June 1, 1985. Director Kasch stated that he felt that it would be unwise to only look at the first 5 years of the Capital Improvements Fund. He had been working on several different scenarios trying to bring the revenue picture and all the expenditures into a realistic picture. In reply to Councilwoman Johnson's inquiry how KKBNA came about, Mr. Kasch stated they were Homart's selection. Homart will also be using their services for some street, storm drainage, and utility eingineers for their own developments. Homart becomes the facilitator that allows the City to fast-track the project without having to go thru the initial bidding process. If Council wished, Mr. Kasch stated his department would do additional research on the qualifications of KKBNA. Councilwoman Johnson expressed this desire. Councilman Luce inquired of Mr. Rupp if he would feel that it is premature to assess what the private sector's response has been to us. Mr. Rupp replied yes, mainly because we don't have the figures. They are waiting for our figures and we simply cn't give them to them at this point. Vote on the Motion to Amend All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. the Agenda Mike Norris, Citizen Task Mr. Norris stated Howard Berry plant is a Force, Water Crisis 2 MGD plant that is expandable in the future. It was his understanding that Council was considering borrowing its share of construction costs from the developer against each water tap. He was certain that the developers were all for that because it assured them of their water taps. The Citizens Task Force strongly urge the Council to not repeat past mistakes by becoming so indebted to developers.