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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 3, 1993 2 Mayor John opened up the public hearing at 7:25 p.m.. The public hearing notice was published in the May 25 and June 1, 1993 Stillwater Gazette. All property owners proposed to be assessed were notified. The City received a letter from Anton and Donna Johnson, 8405 Deer Pond Trail, indicating their street was torn up and redone about five years ago for the watershed project and they are still being assessed for this. They do not think their portion of Deer Pond Trail needs to be overlayed now. Jim Arkell, 8131 Hidden Bay Trail, asked if the resurfacing addresses the city ordinance where driveway access or aprons require a certain amount of bituminous. Will we be required to upgrade those driveways accordingly and is that part of the assessment? Bohrer: This improvement is not intended to be a method of resurfacing driveways or compelling someone to do so. Doug Bodziak, 8498 Hidden Bay Trail, questioned the benefit. He felt the condition of the road seemed to be in beautiful shape with just a few cracks. He asked if there was another method to preserving the road rather than a bituminous overlay. Eric Muehrcke, 8282 Hidden Bay Court, asked if non -buildable lots are assessed. There are 4 lots that share a common driveway and one of those lots are non -buildable. Bohrer: Generally, nonbuildable lots are not assessed. Muehrcke: We paid to have a private road put in, not at city expense. Assessing just the three lots is high and would consider 1/3 of a unit assessment fair. On the northwest corner of the intersection there is a continual runoff problem. I don't believe there is much damage done to Hidden Bay Trail and this should be relooked at. Cheryl Sarkissian, 8290 Hidden Bay Ct., purchased the roadway a year ago and paved it 5 or 6 years ago. The 10% city participation is not the city's money, it is the taxpayers money to run the city. Therefore, we are already paying our fair share through taxes. Corner lots are more valuable because you do not have a neighbor on the other side and should bear at least 1 unit assessment. Voiced concern on the heavy truck traffic that travels their road. Diana Meier, 4731 Birch Bark Trail, asked how long will this bituminous overlay last before it has to be done again. Bohrer: No limit to how many times a road can be resurfaced. The reasons the road has lasted in this area as long as they have because the underlying soil is more of a sandy soil as opposed to clay. The strength of the road is in the subgrade material. An overlay like this would last a