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Mounds View City Council October 22, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 4 Attorney Riggs explained that other cities are doing things similar to this with street projects. He 1 further clarified that there is an issue with assessing for a street reconstruction as there are 2 existing streets and utilities that are being upgraded, so it is difficult to show enough benefit to 3 assess the entire cost of the project. 4 5 Mr. Moore said that the City can choose how this is done and there is no legal distinction for 6 road reconstruction or road improvements. 7 8 Tom Thomalla of 2127 Bronson Drive indicated that it has only been about 10 years since his 9 street was upgraded and he paid his $2,500 for that street. He then said that it concerns him that 10 the City wants to assess him again to do other streets. Mr. Thomalla asked if Council thinks it is 11 fair to do this. 12 13 Mayor Marty said that he has been answering e-mails from those residents whose streets have 14 already been done. He then said that most residents have not had the nice streets in front of their 15 homes for the last ten years. Mayor Marty indicated that when the pavement study was done, the 16 majority of streets were determined to not be fixable. 17 18 Director Lee explained that this program includes all the road maintenance that goes along with 19 ensuring that the roads do last for 60 years, including mill and overlay and seal coating. 20 21 Mayor Marty explained that if a street does need a mill and overlay, there would not be an 22 assessment if done as proposed. 23 24 Mayor Marty noted that the City bonded for the 2002 – 2003 street project for the City’s portion, 25 and all residents are paying approximately $50.00 per year to pay for that. 26 27 Tom Thomalla said that he does not think that it is fair to do it this way and he wants Council to 28 table this to allow more time to consider the financing and exempt those that have had the streets 29 done and paid an assessment. 30 31 Ken Glidden of 5240 Edgewood Drive said that the piece of street that runs in front of his home 32 is not his street, it belongs to the people. Mr. Glidden said he thinks the funding plan is fair and 33 he feels that the project should move forward. 34 35 Mr. Glidden said that most of the City’s streets are in poor condition. 36 37 Bill Lang of 2915 Bronson Drive said that he wanted to address the issue of the two lawyers 38 regarding getting a refund. He then said that he does not feel that they should get a refund just 39 because they recently purchased their home. 40 41 Mr. Navid Pouladian of 7220 Hidden Hollow Court asked what the exact percentage is for this 42 project. Mr. Paladian said that the developer pays in the beginning, residents pay over time, and 43 now they are being taxed again for this project. 44 45