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Mounds View City Council October 22, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 7 Ms. Amundsen asked the Council to move forward with the plan as she feels it is fair and 1 equitable and will get the job done. 2 3 Richard Sonterre of 5060 Red Oak Drive indicated that he enjoyed working on the Task Force 4 for this project. He then said that something of this magnitude cannot get done in a couple of 5 weeks because there are so many varied opinions and beliefs trying to come to consensus. 6 7 Mr. Sonterre thanked Council and Staff because this was a citizen Task Force. Mr. Sonterre said 8 that his only regret in this project is that the City could not get something done for 2008. 9 10 Mr. Sonterre said that he heard someone say something about $1,200 for taxes. He then said that 11 he uses the parks, he comes to City Hall to ask questions, and his streets are plowed and he feels 12 that the $1,200 per year is a great deal. 13 14 Mr. Sonterre said that he is impressed with this turn out but said that those in attendance should 15 pay more attention to other meetings and other issues, especially within the County. 16 17 Kathy McRunnels of 7670 Knollwood Drive said that since she cares about Mounds View and its 18 infrastructure, she paid her $2,700 for her reconstruction in addition to the $50.00 per year and 19 the rest of the residents had the privilege of using her street. She then said she wonders why the 20 residents petitioned against getting their street done. 21 22 Ms. McRunnels asked for information on the 60% and alleviating the assessment after 2008. 23 24 Finance Director Beer indicated that some people paid up front, and 60% of that price will be 25 refunded. Those that are paying over time would get a refund of 60% and then their assessment 26 would be removed for the remaining time. 27 28 Sandy Dewing indicated that she was on the Task Force. She then said that she was upset at first 29 when the discussion regarding those that had paid for assessments. However, the reality is that 30 you cannot back track all the way through the past. 31 32 Ms. Dewing explained that those getting a refund still come out $500.00 ahead. Ms. Dewing 33 said that she would gladly have paid the $3,400 to have her street done and those that petitioned 34 were not totally honest about the fact that the petition would kill the street project. 35 36 Ms. Dewing said that government has a responsibility to do for the citizens what cannot be done 37 for themselves, and she is all for rights but this needs to be done. 38 39 Bob King of 7408 Silver Lake Road said that one thing he learned a long time ago is that life is 40 not always fair. He then said that he lives on a County road but he does benefit by paying his 41 share of this investment in the community. He further said that quality of life and value of 42 property goes up and that benefits everyone. 43 44