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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 17, 1995 7 Foxfire and Green Acres Subdivisions and streets therein: Total Cost:$129,523 Assessed Cost:$116,570 City Cost:$14,227 Assessable Unit:91.5 Assessment Rate:$1,273.99 Ken Gervais, Image Development Co., has a proposal for an 11-lot subdivision and will be putting in 9-ton roads which is according to city street standards, then why will I be assessed? My property has no financial benefit from the improved road. I do not abut --the street is not complete to my property. The piece of property to where the street ends is unimproved. I will appeal because it does not increase my property value by $1,273.99. Attorney Filla explained you have a right to preserve your right to appeal by filing a notice of objection. Your appeal does not prevent the city from adopting the assessment roll. Larry Bohrer:the reason you received a notice is your property abuts one of the roads in this project and that is how the access was gained to your property. You are considered an abutting propertyowner for the purpose of defining benefit and the benefit is improved access to the improved road. It is our opinion that the east property which gains access from these improved roads receives a benefit --and the benefit is at least equal to the amount of the assessment.. Walter Webber, 5080 Jerome Avenue N., submitted a letter dated October 17, 1995 stating the work in Fox Fire Estates was almost completed because 270 feet of Jerome Avenue North adjoining his property was not overlaid. He is demanding completion of the overlay of Jerome Avenue North in Fox Fire Estates per the contract or rescind the pending assessment on his property as it did not receive the overlay per the contract as did all other Fox Fire Estates properties. Bohrer:when the contractor got to the end of the road, he thought he was finished and moved to another street. The contractor knows that he's been ordered to complete this road, costs have already been figured in and there is no adjustment in the rate. Diana Och, 5055 Jerome Avenue N., they are all right with the assessment, but wants to make sure they will not be assessed for another project in Teal Pass in two years. Bohrer:The concern is if the road improvement stopped here, in two years we have the same type of program in Teal Pass which goes up to where this project ends, would they get assessed again. The answer is "no". Lawrence Kleis, 9241 60th St., indicated he owns several parcels and didn't understand the figures. He felt this was too much of an assessment that he can't make much use of. Bohrer:Mr. Kleis owns a large tract of land and under present zoning for Rural Residential could be divided up into three large lots. Depending on what the current zoning is, that would determine how many lots the property could be divided into. Your land is in Green Acres and you may be able to defer assessments to a later date. Gaylen Springborn, 5200 Isle Avenue N., has approx. 10 units totaling $11,000 in assessments. Last spring they were talking about keeping "open land". What are we going to do with the assessments that we have to pay for to keep this open land? We cannot afford to pay this. Highlands Trail from Hilltop Avenue to DeMontreville Trail: Total Cost:$12,919 Assessed Cost:$11,627 City Cost:$1,292 Assessable Unit:15 Assessment Rate:$775.13 There was no one to speak for or against the proposed assessments. Miers Park Subdivision and streets therein: Total Cost:$21,174 Assessed Cost:$19,057 City Cost:$2,117 Assessable Unit:28 Assessment Rate:$680.61 There was no one to speak for or against the proposed assessments. 32nd Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to Lampert Avenue: Total Cost:$6,082 Assessed Cost:$5,474 City Cost:$608 Assessable Unit:7.5 Assessment Rate:$730.00 There was no one to speak for or against the proposed assessments.