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llla.l SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 29th, 1959. Meeting was called to order at 8 P. M., the following Council Members being present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Paul L. Coppini, Trustee, and Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney; Vern L~ungren, Village Engineer, and Ethel E. V~hite, Deputy Clerk. Absent: Willis '~ar- kentien, Trustee, and Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer. Alley V. L. Nelson, representing P.4rs. Edith Wallgren, 1358 W. Iowa, Assessment ~~ D. A. Schack, 1367 W. Hoyt, and Wm. P. Carroll, 1372 W. Iowa were Hearing present. Wm. Carroll stated he had been told by Paul Coppini that he didn't think the price would be over X2.25 a foot and asked why it was X2..82. L~ungren explained he had been asked by Coppini, be- fore any tests or engineering work had been done, so the citizens would have a figure to work on when soliciting signatures for the petition, and. he told Coppini he didn't think it would go over X2.25 based on work done on another alley a few years ago. After taking testa and doing other engineering work, the estimate was revised to 2.l~2 afoot. They ran into black dirt and silt pockets which necessitated the removal of considerably more material than anticipated and the replacement of same with suitable material which increased. the Write to X2.82. When asked why they hadn't made more thorough tests, L~ungren replied they had made the customary tests and that it was very easy to miss a silt or dirt pocket inasmuch as they were "Spotty" and did not run in strata such as clay. Tests complete enough to have shown the silt and dirt pockets would have simply added another $300.00 to the cost. Tests would not have eliminated the necessity of removing the black dirt and silt or re-filling. V. L. Nelson said he had been told by Paul Coppini that they would be charged for their front footage only. Coppini said he was confi- dent this was the procedure mentioned as "most logical" by Attorney Graham. It was moved by Coppini, seconded by Utecht and unanimously voted that the assessable frontage on the Edith M. Wallgren property be reduced from 75.1" to 50' and that the assessable frontage on the Chas. R. Kucera property be reduced from 75.1" to 50', both properties being in block S Cables Hamline Heights, and that the Village absorb the portion of the cost attributable to the reduction. Nelson asked how the assessment ~n~ould be set up for payment. Graham advised it can be paid in full without any interest at all within the next thirty days to the Village Treasurer at the Village Hall. After 30 days, we would certify them to the County Treasurer, the first installment coming through in 1960 and running to 1969. After we certify them to the County Auditor, the entire amount could be paid this year but it would be necessary to pay interest from January 30th to December 31st 1959. The entire amount of the balance can be paid any year thereafter by paying interest to the end of the year in which the final payment is made, There being no further questions, the alley assessment hearing was declared closed.