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Minutes <br />City Council <br />April 7, 1993 <br />LaValle asked where the Engineer received those statistics. <br />LaValle wanted to know if they were done in a city <br />comparable to Little Canada. The Engineer felt that they <br />would not vary much from city to city. Hanson felt that it <br />would be hard to get an accurate traffic count in some areas <br />because of the busy thoroughfares. LaValle agreed stating <br />that he felt that residents of apartments should not be <br />discriminated against by charging a higher assessment. Ae <br />felt that the value received should be consistent with <br />everyone else. <br />The Engineer stated that it would simplify things if the <br />multiple family units could be assessed as commercial units <br />without regard to traffic counts. Scalze asked if there <br />would be a real difference as far as how long the pavement <br />would last. Scalze stated that when the residents of Demont <br />Avenue were assessed years ago for the street improvement, <br />the residents of the multiple £amily homes paid for their <br />front footage as did the single family homes. She felt this <br />was unfair to the single family home residents. She felt <br />that the trips per day the apartments made were far greater <br />than the single family homes. <br />The Engineer felt that if residential is on one side and <br />commercial on the other, they should not be assessed in the <br />same manner. He stated Little Canada's current policy <br />assessed the same. He felt the commercial areas should <br />incur more costs of the improved streets due to the <br />increased amount of traffic that is generated. <br />LaValle felt that a street with an eight-plex on it would <br />not wear the pavement any more than single family homes <br />would. In addition, he stated that the owner of the <br />eight-plex is paying higher taxes than a single family home <br />because it is non-homestead. The Engineer stated that maybe <br />the zoning of areas should be used to determine the <br />assessment rate in those areas. <br />The City Administrator stated that the density generates <br />more trips. He felt that fact requires some type of <br />equalization. Mayor Hanson felt that the fact that multiple <br />family dwellings pay more in taxes should be considered. <br />LaValle agreed stating that multiple family dwellings pay <br />high taxes. <br />-7- <br />