07-16-91 CCM - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

B. SECONDLY, RURAL SUGGESTS A KIND OF RUSTIC AMBIANCE WHERE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, TREAT EACH OTHER WELL, SHARE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, AND CARE ABOUT ON ANOTHER'S WELFARE. IN THE OLD DAYS, THE GLUE WAS A COMMON OCCUPATION — FARMING OR FARM SUPPORT. TODAY, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THE GLUE IN MOST COMMUNITIES MUST BE NEIGHBORHOOD (GEOGRAPHIC) INTERESTS. THE TRI—LAKES ASSOCIATION IS A MANIFESTATION OF THAT, THE =._, ACRE ARRANGEMENTS TRULY INSURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WILL NOT DEVELOPE. THE SOCIOLOGICAL AMBIANCE OF THIS CITY WILL BE LOST ON DEVELOPMENTS LIKE STONEGATE. '' WILL_THESE HOMES CARRY THEIR WEIGHT TAX —WISE^ AGAINS MY CONSIDERED OPINI�N_I5 N0� A. THE AVERAGE VALUE OF HOUSES IN THIS CITY IS ABOUT $125,000 WITH A PREDOMINANT RANGE OF $00,000 TO $250,000. THESE HOUSES SIT ON LOT FRONTAGES THAT AVERAGE ABOUT 100 FEET WITH A PREDOMINANT RANGE OF 70 TO 150 FEET. THERE ARE AP'PROX.IMATELY 1500 OF THESE HOMES IN LAKE ELMO THAT CONTRIBUTE $632,000 TO THIS CITY FOR IT'S OPERATIONS. THAT IS ABOUT a<410 PER YEAR PER HOME FOR CITY OPERATIONS. I KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS PAY 10 TO 20 TIMES THAT AMOUNT IN TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES BUT THIS IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL HOMES FOR CITY SERVICES ONLY. THAT ALL AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $4.10 PER FRONT FOOT PER HOME IN LAKE ELMO AS CURRENTLY COMPRISED. IF WE ARE TO GET AN EQUIVALENT REVENUE PER FRONT FOOT FROM THESE 3.3 ACRE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE STONEGATE, THERE AVERAGE VALUE WILL HAVE TO BE ABOUT $313,000. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS REALISTIC IN THE AREA IN QUESTION AT THIS TIME. B. THE SITUATION, HOWEVER, IS REALLY MUCH WORSE! MOST OF OUR LARGE LOT DEVELOP'EMENT AND A GREAT DEAL OF OTHER DEVELOP'EMENT IS NOW LOCATED ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS (10, 13, 15, 17, 19) OR STATE HIGHWAYS (5, 36, I-94 FRONTAGE). MUCH OF THE CITIES MAINTENANCE_ RESPONSIBILITIES (REMEMBER, WE PROVIDE LITTLE IN OTHER DIRECT SERVICES TO RESIDENTS) ARE CURRENTLY ON DENSER DEVELOPEMENT (100 FOOT FRONTAGES). WHEN WE START DEVELOPING LOCAL STREETS THAT RESEMBLE COUNTY AND STATE ROADS WE CAN EXPECT OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR THOSE AREAS TO START LOOKING LIKE COUNTY AND STATE MAINTENANCE BUDGETS. YOU KNOW WHO WILL BE EXPECTED TO KICK IN FOR MAINTENANCE OF THESE LIGHTLY POPULATED EXPANSES OF STREET — THATS RIGHT, EXISTING RESIDENTS, C. TO iuoi::: AT IT ANOTHER WAY, CONSIDER'WOODBURY'S POSTURE OF SITING ABOUT 2.5 HOMES PER ACRE. THEIR AVERAGE EXECUTIVE HOMESITES SELL IN THE $300,000 RANGE. AT THAT RATE, EACH HOUSE PAYS ABOUT $7220 IN PROPERTY TAXES PER YEAR. AT 2.0 HOUSES/ACRE, THEY GENERATE ABOUT 000500CR'E OF EXECUTIVE HOUSING. WHAT 19 PROPOSED FOR LAKE ELMO IS 1/.3 HOME/ACRE. THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT s2400/ACRE/YEAR OF TAX REVENUE FROM THIS EXECUTIVE HOU;:SING. "THE FOREST", THIS CITIES LAST R-1 DEVELOP'EMENT OF SIMILAR QUALITY WILL GENERATE MORE THAN TWICE THAT AMOUNT (ABOUT k 000/ACRE/YEAR).