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Mounds View City Council October 22, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 5 Finance Director Beer commented that the developer came to the City and asked that the street be 1 constructed. 2 3 Mr. Paladian indicated that he is trying to sell his home and the high taxes have been an issue as 4 to why it does not sell. 5 6 Mayor Marty said that there is another development where the developer put the streets in and 7 there are issues with the homeowners’ complaints regarding the streets not holding up or being 8 maintained. 9 10 Mr. Johnson of 7474 Groveland Road said that many along his road have paid the assessment or 11 continue to pay. He then said that this would cost him $990 more than what other residents 12 would pay for their streets with the proposed reimbursement. 13 14 Mayor Marty commented that the City is trying the best it can to make this as equitable as 15 possible. He then said that it would be impossible to make this match up dollar for dollar for 16 every project that has been done. 17 18 Mr. Johnson said that he does not think that this is fair to him and others like him to pay 40% 19 more. 20 21 Larry Baker of 8001 Greenwood Drive said that a society that thinks that they do not want to pay 22 their portion of taxes that assist others does not last long. He then said that this $100.00 per year 23 is not a lot of money, but it would make a huge difference in upgrading the City’s infrastructure. 24 25 Mr. Baker indicated that, if everyone pays their share, then the streets would be upgraded and 26 that improves quality of life and property value for all. 27 28 Jerry Ruland of 8121 Red Oak Court said that he is for the program and thanked the Task Force 29 for the work involved in this proposal. 30 31 Bob Edmond of 7835 Groveland Road asked whether Medtronic and the Industrial Park would 32 pay for the streets. Mr. Edmond said that everyone has to pay for streets but, he feels some are 33 getting the short end of the stick, since they have paid for their streets already. 34 35 Mr. Edmond said that he does not want his right to say no to a street project taken away from 36 him. Mr. Edmond asked for paperwork showing how much Medtronic would be paying. 37 38 Finance Director Beer explained that this would be an additional $400,000 tax levy so that would 39 be spread over the entire City, and Medtronic would pay its portion. 40 41 Jen Bergerson of 7880 Groveland said that she assumed that streets, water and sewer were a 42 package deal. She then said that they were part of the 2003 street project. Ms. Bergerson said 43 that she does not understand why they should be thankful to get 60% of the 25% that they paid 44 refunded, and then be asked to pay for the next 10 years. 45