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Maintenance costs rise, homeowners ask cities to take over private streets - StarTribune.C... Page 2 of 2 <br />In response, the city created a policy in 2009 that requires to go through a <br />multi -step process, including obtaining the consent of all their neighbors, befors eir <br />s et canoe : • Olio A big part of that process is bringing the street" <br />ja <br />cipal s o the cir,, isn't saddled with a rundown street. But laq <br />_ es can cost thousands of dollars. <br />sil ' assed, requests from homeowners associations have <br />dropper- aid. In nearly sig years, only t7wo streets have gone <br />through e latest will likely be approved next month, after more than .vo <br />years of work by h'emeowne_rs and city- staff. <br />These days, cit> officials actively discourage developers from building private srreets. f <br />City Council members "don't want to have to take that call 10 years from now," Poppler <br />said. <br />emma.nelson@startribune.com 952.746.3287 emmamarienelson <br />http://www. stat tribune.com/as-maintenance-costs-rise-homeowners-ask-cities-to-take-over... 11/2/2015 <br />