Engineer explains assessment math; recommends city absorb water‑main loop cost
WEDSETH engineer Vanessa Hines walked the council through line-item calculations, recommended the city pay for the water‑main loop extension to avoid skewing linear-foot rates, and presented the per-foot and per-service assessment figures.
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Vanessa Hines, engineer with WEDSETH, gave a line-by-line explanation of how assessments were calculated for water main, sanitary sewer, curb and gutter, and streets and surfacing. She described the linear-foot methodology, corner-lot treatment, and residential (30%) versus commercial (50%) allocation rules, and said the city would pay the portion of the newly installed water-main used to loop the system in order to avoid an inflated per-foot rate.
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