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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 17, 1995 prepatching under contract or the city crew itself did some patching. It seemed there was equal patching on the north side and the south side of the road. If there was substantial damage from the heavy backhoes, trucks and so on, we would have seen more stress on the north side rather than the south side because that was where the construction activity was. There was no special adjustment in either the cost or city participation for this particular project because of the water main that went in 1991. In my opinion, the reason why this road was recommended for an overlay was not because of the damage done from the watermain project. Gail Coleman, 8860 42nd Street N., when they were doing the water on our side of the street they lost a gopher. Our whole driveway was ripped with big holes, all the equipment was there for over a week. I had to go to my parents for about a week. Jackie Pierre, 8780 42nd Street N., the pictures shown at the last meeting did not show a fair representation of the street. It didn't show the portion of the street with big holes in front of our mailbox. It was not alligator cracking. The patch job was very bad. Karl Tomek, 8855 42nd Street N., the assessment is figured out by the number of lots that benefit from the street --don't the cul-de-sacs benefit from the street. Bohrer:the street they live on provides their access. True, everyone who live on the cul-de-sac drives on this road to get to their house. Policy has been sooner or later the road in front of everyone's house is going to need some type of improvement similar to this and they will be assessed. People who live on 42nd Street also use other streets; such as Jamaca Avenue. People who abut the street will be asked to pay their share at the time their street is improved. Kim Tomek, 8855 42nd Street N., there were many of us that were at this meeting in the spring and made it well-known our concerns and we thought this project was not necessary. Mayor John said he would take our concerns under consideration and seek out other alternatives for funding and get back to us before anything was done. Nobody ever did get back to us and now he says why shouldn't we pay for this Is unfair to us residents. It is not fair to place the burden on them for something that we didn't feel was necessary. I would like to make the proposal that the amount we be assessed be reconsidered and see if the City can reduce this amount. David Emerson, 8909 42nd Street N., when Jamaca was redone were all the property owners on Jamaca assessed exactly in the same format as we are on 42nd street. Bohrer:lt was similar in that it was a unit assessment. Emerson:You are hard pressed to make any of us believe that this street did not come to major disrepair had that watermain not gone through. I think that from a practical standpoint the city should pick up a portion of the cost from the original sewer project. I have a driveway on the south side that slopes down. Now that you have elevated the road because of the bituminous layer, the water flows right Into my garage. Whose responsibility is it to put some type of curb to keep that flow of water from coming into my garage. Bohrer:The road was originally constructed in 1979 or 1980 there was a 4" curb on there. If the curb was removed, we could see if we can put a lip back on to the driveway. Ray Coleman, 8860 42nd Street N., who came out and looked at the damage --you must have been blind if you couldn't see the damage done to the road. Arthur Grundhauser, 8949 42nd Street N., a lot of trucks hauling in and out of the gravel pit on Jamaca Avenue, who is responsible for the damages done by those trucks on Jamaca. Should they not be picking up part of the assessment costs. Somebody must not have looked at the calendar because the notice indicates assessments can be paid by the first Monday in January which is New Years Day. If you pay in February you are going to pay 8% interest for the entire year of 1996--is this really legal? Filla:the state law allows that process to be followed with special assessments. The installment that shows up on the 1.996 tax statement carries interest for the entire year. You can avoid one years interest by paying the amount in full within the 30 day period. Interest rates are generally assessed a point or so above what the city paid to borrow money.