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91 Emergency Meeting March 11, 1982 Page 3 size of the line, and City Manager Gonzalez added and where it would be located as far as the lift station, if it is going to be coming in through another force main and where that elevation is going to be in relation to the 20-inch main, etc. Mr. Gary asked if it was possible to say for any tap if a certain psi minimum was required, that obviously there is a higher psi going in a 20-inch line, is that correct? City Gonzalez said yes. Mr. Gary asked whatever you tap into, the larger the line, the more sophisticated the equipment would be as far as tapping into that 20-inch line, and City Manager Gonzalez answered yes. Mr. Gary asked if there was a maximum of what kind of line could be used, if a 20-inch line is the largest. City Manager Gonzalez said he could not answer that question directly. Mr. Gary asked the estimated expenditures of the City in the City's plan for annexation for the following year. City Manager Gonzalez replied that question involves a lot of unknowns which would be very difficult to project on. It would depend on the anticipated growth, if there are going to be more facilities that are to be developed there which would include utility extensions, we, under are current policies do provide for overage on those utilities, depending on the development we might have expenditures that would be made there, and if developed we would have additional requirements for police, fire and other protection, but without knowing the growth factors antici- pated in that area, it is very difficult to give a meaningful figure. Mr. Gary asked if there was any projection of any property that remains as agricultural use, and City Manager Gonzalez stated that half the road in the area to be annexed does need to be repaired, and we would hope we would have a similar arrangement which we had on the half from the river bridge up towards 123 where in a joint effort with the County we repaired and reconstructed that road, and we hope we could do some- thing similar to that to the other section of it. That particular seg- ment of the road cost the City around $6,000 to do that portion of it. Mr. Gary asked if there was any projected expenditure in connection with the bridge, and City Manager Gonzalez said it would depend on the increased use of the bridge in the future. At this time it appears to be functional and is handling the traffic going into that area. Mr. Gary asked if we received any estimates on what it would cost to re- pair that bridge. City Manager said we had generated some estimates but again it varies greatly depending on the kind of bridge needed there - up to three-quarters of a million dollars could be spent on a bridge, or it could be put on a low water crossing type bridge which generally is there, and it could be much less. Mr. Gary asked for a range of minimum and/or maximum to the bridge. City Manager said to replace the bridge it would be somewhere between $50,000 to three- quarters of a million dollars. Mr. Gary pointed out with these fact- arsthe City is looking at a potential tax income of approximately $3,000, not deducted by agricultural use, against the liability for a minimum of $6,000 on up to possibly $750,000. That doesn't include what additional expense the City may have if in fact this law super- sedes or conflicts with the present policy of extension for utilities. The main thing Mr. Gary wants to point out is this is not a financial liability to the Thornton family, but the City, and they strongly sug- gest the plan as presented doesn't meet the statutory requirements. Tess Norris stated one of Mr. Gary's relatives lives in an annexed area that doesn't have sewers or water, and they were not asked if they wanted to join the City, but just joined the City. Mrs. Norris stated she had a feeling about pockets such as this, because for years she and her husband lived in such a pocket on Bluebonnet Drive, and were not going to be annexed because that area was not wanted. There were rocks that made it difficult to put in sewers and water, and it wasn't until someone became aware of the fact that the area was polluting the aquifer that community development funds were used to put in sewers and water on Bluebonnet Drive. Mrs. Norris feels strongly that there should not be the pocket areas as this, and Mr. Stokes has stood up repeatedly