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Page 4 UNAPPROVED September 26, 1995 1 The other areas that were added were the methods of assessments. It 2 explained the three that are proposed which are 1) a unit assessment (every 3 lot would be assessed); 2) an area assessment (a watershed district or a 4 water and sewer service area); and 3) the adjusted front footage method. 5 6 Mr. Ulrich explained that the Public Hearing was for the Council and resident's 7 consideration of this amendment to Chapter 202. 8 9 Ms. Trude noted there were several references in the Ordinance to areas that 10 have been deleted, so those must be omitted. She also noted that under (h) 11 Drainage Improvements the sentence should read " ...and/or by an ad valorem 12 property taxes" (rather than an ad valorem tax basis). 13 14 Mayor Linke closed the Public Hearing at 7:15 p.m. 15 16 MOTION/SECOND: Hankner/Quick to Approve the Introduction and waive the 17 reading of Ordinance No. 567, Amending Chapter 202 of the Mounds View 18 Municipal Code Entitled, "Public Improvements". 19 20 Ms. Trude stated she does not have a problem with introducing this ordinance 21 at this point because she does feel it is an improvement over what the Council 22 looked at in June. The improvement is that the Council went from a 66% rate 23 to a 50% assessment rate, which creates less of a burden on homeowners of 24 streets that are assessed. Also the sealcoating and patching of cracks was 25 taken out of the assessment and made a part of general maintenance activities. 26 She is upset, however, about the lack of information to the public on this issue. 27 She stated she feels there should be additional publicity on this issue before it 28 is formally adopted as an ordinance so that the public can know that Council is 29 moving forward with it. 30 31 Mayor Linke explained that this issue has been before the Council for a long 32 time. Nothing has changed substantially from what they looked at before other 33 than the items Ms. Trude has addressed, however they were talked about at a 34 prior Council meeting. 35 He stated there will still need to be a notice prior to adoption and then it will 36 also need to be publicized in the paper after the ordinance is adopted. 37 38 Ms. Trude stated she would really like to see something in the newspaper or in 39 the next City Newsletter. 40 41 Ms. Hankner stated she does not have a problem with publicizing it prior to 42 adoption. She feels however that something needs to be decided by the 43 Council on how they will handle future information. Some type of limits must