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Page 2 Council Minutes 3/22/95 POLICY AGENDA 1.~ REVISITING THE ALLEY ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIFIC PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE 1995 ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT Mayor Baldwin gave council a brief update on the reason behind the request to revisit the 1995 alley assessment. The reconstruction of Albert and Pascal Streets in 1982 affected certain properties in the Northome area and those properties were assessed based on the full length of their sideyard rather than on the 50' front length. Because they were assessed an additional amount and because the situation was unique, the policy was changed from 1982 to 1984 for the same street project after the fact, Mayor Baldwin requested the council to adjust the '95 alley assessment by reducing the assessment by 5500 for single property and 51,000 for the apartment property. Councilmember Gehrz indicated she was not comfortable going back to this and feels the time to challenge that decision was in 1984, not 1995. Councilmember Jacobs said the only way to determine a fair assessment is based on what the added value is to the property in a realistic sense. He said the assessment policy should have a ceiling and a cap. Jacobs also felt these property owners had the option to contest the assessment back in 1982. Councilmember Gibson Talbot felt this request could present potential difficulty with other past projects and questioned the issue of what precedent the council might be setting. Attorney Sampson said there was no definitive legal answer on this, it could be construed as precedent but could also be construed as unique. She said the time to appeal would have been in 1984. Mayor Baldwin said the next step would be for a Councilmember to make a motion to revisit the alley assessment for specific properties located in the 1995 alley reconstruction project. No motion was made. UPDATE ON UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS Administrator Hoyt updated the council about several community events tentatively scheduled for the next few months. They are a volunteer recognition dinner, neighborhood watch block captains meeting, tree care workshop, an Arbor Day celebration, citywide garage sale and rescue open house/bicycle safety day. Council felt that since the garage sale and rescue open house/bicycle safety are scheduled on the same day, there might be a conflict. Administrator Hoyt said she would talk to the rescue department to see if a different date might work out for them.