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<br />MINUTES <br />MAY 12, 1993 <br />PAGE 2 <br />033 <br />NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO BE SCHEDULED FOR DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED <br />ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION IN 1994 <br />Hoyt explained that alleys in the Northome neighborhood are badly <br />in need of repair and the condition of the alleys may make it <br />desirable to make some or all of the alleys a priority for <br />reconstruction in 1994. To begin the project, staff would meet <br />with neighborhood residents to discuss their concerns. Baldwin <br />commented that he felt council should look at the assessment <br />policy which presently stipulates that property owners abuting <br />alleys will be assessed 100% for alley construction. He felt <br />this should be reviewed since alleys do not benefit just abuting <br />property owners but delivery trucks, garbage trucks, etc. <br />Staff is tentatively planning a May 25, 1993 meeting with the <br />property owners. <br />ACCEPTANCE OF $500 DONATION FROM ROSETOWN AMERICAN LEGION TO <br />ASSIST IN FUNDING OF THE CITY'S NATIONAL NIGHT <br />Hoyt explained that Neighborhood Watch organizer, Judy Sabean, is <br />organizing a citywide national night out celebration and has <br />arranged for donations. Rosetown American Legion is proposing to <br />donate $500, however, the amount cannot be donated to an <br />individual. The city may accept the donation which will be used <br />for the city's night out celebration. Gehrz moved that the city <br />accept the $500 from Rosetown American Legion which is to be <br />utilized for the city's night out program. Motion carried <br />unanimously. <br />PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS FOR 1993 STREET PROJECT <br />Baldwin opened the public hearing on the proposed 1993 street <br />improvement project at 7:20 p.m. <br />Maurer reviewed the procedure followed in preparing the <br />assessment costs for the properties. He addressed some of the <br />objections received from property owners of lots such as lots <br />with triple or double frontage, a corner lot which fronts on a <br />street scheduled for overlay with the side lot on a street being <br />reconstructed, and lots which are narrower at the street area <br />than at the set back line where measurement for front footage is <br />calculated. Measuring at the set back line is stipulated in the <br />city's assessment policy as a means of equalizing assessment <br />costs among the property owners. He explained that some very <br />unique lots in the University Grove area were difficult to <br />calculate as they were not specifically addresssed in the <br />assessment policy. <br />Maurer stated that sidewalks were not originally considered as <br />