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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MINUTES NOVEMBER A, 1992 Discussion on Road Maintenance Tax District Councilman Johnson: On major maintenance projects the property owner would be assessed 90% and the city pay 10%. On total reconstruction projects the property owner pay 80% and the city pay 20% and we get this 10% and 20% from the street fund that we establish where most of the money comes from MSA roads. If somebody lives on a city street, they should have to pay for the maintenance on the street. Councilman Hunt: I live on 55th Street and you know how many property owners are on that street. How much of that street is Agricultural If the city had to redo 55th Street, I can guarantee I would get an attorney and go to court and that I would not pay my portion because there is no way my land would increase by that value. I would support the 90%/10% and 80%/20% understanding there are certain conditions we are going to run into. Councilman Mottaz: That would probably be the exception. He would go along with Councilman Johnson, but didn't think we could put this into affect until we set up the policy of assessing a certain amount on MSA projects and we build up the fund. Then we can go to the percentage. He would like to know what an average cost of total reconstruction would be. Councilman Williams: I question whether the 80/20% would be practical based on Larry's recommendation for 50/50%. It seems that 80/20 would result in assessments that would be too high. Mayor Johnson: I think 50/50% is a good figure as Larry has presented. On MSA roads because they have to be built to certain standards, we have to have some way to give allowance to those people living on them. Councilman Mottaz: He would go along with 90/10 and 50/50 on major construction, but not implement until we build up the fund. There is much greater traffic on the MSA roads so the assessment on the MSA roads has to be something that we deal with separately from the other roads.