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Session 1849 August 12, 2002 Which amounts to $1800 - $2700 dollars. The minimum that he stands to spend, because he has 120' of frontage, is $5500, which is twice what any other resident would have to pay. For this amount he gets only the side street frontage improved, not his entire lot. Edward Eisenhart, 534 West, said that he echoes Mr. Hill's comments. He lives on the other corner lot across the street from Mr. Hill. He has about 150' of frontage. He only knew about this because of the letter he received in July from City Hall. He wants to know where all the water is going to go. Right now, the street is fine. Responding to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Eisenhart said that there was approximately 60 feet to the sewer. Mr. Wagner stated that curbing his yard up to the sewer would solve the drainage problem. Mr. Eisenhart said that this doesn't help the aesthetics of how his yard looks. Alvan Sage, 523 West Drive, stated that the two gentlemen that just spoke do have quite a lot of frontage on West and Teasdale. The remaining 14 properties are smaller lots. After a rainstorm, you would notice an accumulation of water at several points along that block. Mr. Sage said that five of the 14 properties at the time of the petition were up for sale. They have since sold. He knows that one of those five property owners supports this proposal. Responding to Mayor Adams, Mr. Ollendorff said that they are going to try to design the improvements without including their frontage. We will report back to the City Council in a few weeks, after the engineering is finished. The Council will then need to decide whether or not to adopt the final plan. Responding further to Mayor Adams, Mr. Ollendorff said that all of the corner properties are considered abutting frontage. We no longer distinguish between side and front. Responding to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Ollendorff said that there is no required percentage. The City Council's informal policy in the past has been to look for 50% in favor before moving fonNard. There is no required majority in the Charter or Ordinance. The City Council could deny this measure regardless of how strong the support. Responding to Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Ollendorff said that he will make sure that the Council is each given a planned use schematic of the planned street improvement. Responding to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Ollendorff said that the engineer will design the curb and gutter to keep any water from going into the adjacent properties. Responding to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Ollendorff said that the City would have to pay for any additional drainage structure that might be needed. Until the engineering is finished, it is unclear what might be needed. Mayor Adams closed the public hearing at 8:00 p.m.