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Special Council Meeting 3/27/95 Page Three thinks people should be well aware of what is going on in the community other than just sending a letter out saying you are going to be assessed - without even asking whether or not we want to contribute or be a part of this. She does not think it is fair. .; Mr. Fixler asked if she would be going next door. He thinks they will have some answers for her at that point. Nancy Gaspar, 6449 Highland Road, asked how many on Council will be affected by the indirect and direct. Mayor Rinker said all of us. A direct assessment is the assessment that you pay to have an 8" sewer main put down your street. Right now, the North County Line is strictly the trunk line itself (that ranges anywhere from about 12" up to maybe 14" in diameter); that is the main thoroughfare that runs along White, down S.O.M. Center and ends up terminating at Sandalwood. That is the line. Now, those people whose properties lie on S.O.M. and on White who are not on a sewer system will be the first to be directly assessed. They are also looking at an indirect assessment as is everybody who is within this sewer district (which lies essentially north of Wilson Mills and encompasses the balance of Mayfield Village to the Lake County Line.) Every property will be facing an indirect assessment. From what we know, that indirect assessment will not be levied until in all likelihood, 1998; because it will not be levied until that line is constructed. When we talk about the . people now facing the direct assessments, now means 1998. We also know that once that main line is down, that other streets that are not yet on a sewer system (that means all septic properties) will then be facing (8") sewer mains being installed on those streets and then they tie in. In basic terms, a direct assessment is assessed against a property owner as if they had an 8" line (even for those who will have a larger line installed). The indirect assessment is charged to everybody within that district. He has proposed that we try to have some kind of joint meeting between Highland Heights and Mayfield Village to present the respective pictures of the two communities to this entire project. Mayor Rinker said this [project] was not our idea. But, they are coming and we are trying to deal with them the best we can. We will commit ourselves to getting as much information to you. We want to try to make this thing work as well as possible.