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+iS~;U7rS <br />City Council <br />P~?ay 2~, 1 ~8& <br />Storm Se;aer [>lesener stated that he qu~stioned a counl^ of the pro;iects. I!o1~+2ver, <br />District he ~+aas a~filling to ac.cept the whole p1an a~ this point with the <br />(Cont.) unders~andinq that not all of the pro,iec~ts vaill be done, but this <br />Gvoulc~ leave the Cit.y the ability to pui; in the pro7°rts in tne <br />future if necessary. <br />Fahey arreQd and nointe<1 out i:hat thir<f and fourth priority projects <br />are questionable to him. <br />~3lesener pointec! out that 'these nro,iects include waterr~iain <br />improv2ments. <br />Fah~y also nointed ouY, thai; the propos~zl inclucies the purchas2 of <br />cert~ain nortions of parl< prooerty for ponding purposes. <br />7he City Cler!< pointed out that there is a large r.ost differenti~~l <br />bet~~ieen street restoration and cornplete reconstruct,ion. The Cit;y <br />ovi11 also h~ve to c!etermina~ its assessment polic.y ~for straet <br />reconstrt.icti on. <br />Fahey sungested that the City ar.t on its stre2t assessment poliry <br />after it meets ~rrith tt~e accountants on the financing ofi the storm <br />seai~r pro,iects. ~'ahey pointec! out that tlier~ are not a lot of other <br />cities tha.t have adooted a street assassrnent polic~/. <br />~lesener indicated tha.t in discussing this at a recent l.eague meetin~, <br />he found i:hac most cities have a 75-25 assessinent policy svith 25°k <br />going on c~enera1 taxation. <br />The City C.ler!< suggestec! that the City's policy might havr to <br />provicle for part of the cos~: being assessed, part on general <br />t~xation and par~ froni the General Fund. <br />Mrs. Scalze felt that at the recent public 'nearing there evas son~e <br />confusion as to whether these storm se4aer projects sa~oulcl increase <br />property taxes, <br />Council discussed effect ttiese nroiects ~~iould 'nave on the City's <br />eiill rate. <br />i~1rs. Scalze stated that she ~~ioulcl like to know exactly hot~~ the <br />projects will effect the mill rate and if there y+!ill be any increase <br />in taxes to propertY ovrn^rs. <br />Fahe~/ sl:ated t~at he vras comfor'table in approving the projects <br />becausa hc I<noG~~s they ~rii'11 not al1 be nut; i n. Pahey fel t that <br />the Cit,y ~r~ill have to get sorne priority on record for these projAc~s, <br />anc( then ~~~ill have to address Che stre~t assessment policy. <br />Page -15- <br />