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The park board members of the other cities do not receive any compensation. However, they reportedly do not put in the same amount of time as the statutory park board members do. (M.S. 412.501) The law is effective on August 1, 1987. CHAPTER 138: AUTHORIZATION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR H.F.867/S.F.748 SOUND BARRIERS The law adds highway sound barriers to the list of improvements that a city can levy special assessments for. "Highway sound barriers" is defined as sound abatement walls erected along highways to reduce noise levels caused by traffic. Under the new law, a city may levy special assessments for this purpose only against properties which directly benefit from the improvement. The amount of the benefit is to be measured by the increase in the property's value as a direct result of the improvements. The city of Bloomington may be the first city to put the law into practice. Several years ago, the state passed a law that required sound barriers through residential areas but not through commercial- industrial areas on Interstate Freeways in the metro area. In part of the C/1 area along 35W in Bloomington, some of the businesses have sold out. A builder is planning to clear the area and build homes on the vacated land. If it is going to become a residential area, sound barriers must be installed to comply with the state law. The builder will not begin until he is assured that the city can levy special assessments to pay for the barriers. The law will allow Bloomington to do so. (M.5. 429.011; 429.021, Subd.1) The law is effective on August 1, 1987. CHAPTER 228: CHAMPLIN - GRANT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL H.F.1141/ ASSESSMENTS S.F.1087 The law allows the city of Champlin to use any funds from public improvement projects which have been lawfully transferred to the city's general fund for a grant program to assist low- income homeowners in paying special assessments levied against their homesteads under M.S. 429. PAGE -4