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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JUNE 9, 2004 Blesener again stated that he would like to see an appraisal done to determine the amount of benefit. Any assessment for the road reconstruction would be based on benefit. LaValle asked what would happen if the appraisal shows the project to be a detriment to the individual properties. Blesener replied that then there would be no assessment. Anderson indicated that if the City is essentially assessing for the cost of storm sewer, then the City's policy should be changed and all storm sewer improvements assessed for. Anderson pointed out that the assessment policy is based on assessing for the City's costs in a project. There are no costs to the City for the road reconstruction. Fahey noted that the City does not assess its full costs pointing out that it assesses at a capped rate. This equalizes the benefits across the City. Fahey also pointed out the broader perspective that the future improvement of the remainder of Edgerton Street will be assessed. Those property owners will question why the properties on the corner of Edgerton Street and County Road D were not assessed for road improvements. Fahey agreed, however, that this is a unique situation given the large amount of participation from the County and the substantial impacts of the Unweave the Weave project on the area. Don Heinel noted that they own the vacant lot on County Road D. Heinel indicated that this lot is unbuildable given he does not have access to County Road D and could not comply with the City's pipeline setback policy. Fahey indicated that if the lot is unbuildable, it would not be assessed. Dawn Wilkus, 622 County Road D, indicated that the road elevation will be raised 2 '/z feet in front of her garage. Wilkus was concerned about drainage flowing into her driveway and garage. Wilkus was also opposed to a road reconstruction assessment given that the City will not be incurring road reconstruction costs. Wilkus also pointed out the negative impacts that the Unweave the Weave project will have on the area in terms of noise. Don Heinel pointed out that the future improvement of the remainder of Edgerton Street may have more benefit to those impacted property owners should the County decide to undercut Edgerton, lower the street grade, eliminate ditches, and improve the positive flow of runoff from the abutting properties to the street. The City Administrator pointed out that the City is incurring $180,000 in storm sewer costs as part of this project. Those costs are typically not assessed because of the difficulty in proving benefits received for stone