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MINUTES <br />City Council <br />Sept. 9, 1987 <br />Street Council returned to discussion of the City's street assessment <br />Assessment policy. <br />Policy <br />(Cont.) Scalze felt the Council should consider the worst case scenario, <br />that being 332 Sextant where the front door of the home faces <br />Sextant and the garage and driveway facing Morrison. <br />Fahey felt that there was clearly a benefit to this property from <br />the improvement of Morrison. Fahey felt that the City should <br />assess the street that the house faces. Fahey also felt that 20% <br />of the side lot should be assessed when abutting an improvement <br />unless the Council determines that there is an additional splitable <br />lot, and then the splitable lot should be assessed. <br />Collova agreed stating that the 20% on the side lot should be forgiven <br />if the property has a splitable lot. <br />Fahey pointed out that past policy has been to forgive the assessment <br />for the first 135 feet on a side lot if there is a splitable lot. <br />Fahey felt that the necessary frontage for the splitable lot should <br />be assessed and then the remaining footage on the side lot should be <br />forgiven from assessment. <br />Blesener pointed out that in the Plorrison Avenue area the Gallagher <br />and Zilge properties cannot be divided because the houses on these <br />lots are placed in the middle of the lots. Blesener felt the <br />present policy of corner lot assessments should remain unless the <br />corner lot can be split. <br />Fahey asked how the Tarnowski lot was assessed. <br />The Engineer replied that the cost of putting Allen Avenue through <br />was equally divided between the Hammer and Tarnowski properties <br />with the developer picking up that portion of the assessment which <br />could not be assessed. <br />LaValle suggested that the 1967 policy could be revised with some <br />of the items consolidated. <br />Scalze stated that she did not like the formulas in that policy for <br />assessing odd-shaped lots. <br />Scalze asked what other cities were doing with regard to street <br />assessments. <br />Blesener reported that he reviewed the survey done by Public Works <br />with regard to cities' assessment policies and only one city made <br />mention of street assessments. <br />The Engineer replied that from his <br />for assessing odd-shaped lots and <br />lots to be assessed. <br />experience there is no set formula <br />there are numerous ways for these <br />Page -11- <br />