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1 were. Mr. Soth reiterated that the City had an appraiser review the ? benefits, but he had not arrived at specific dollar amounts at this i point. Mr. Childs indicated the appraiser had used the costs of the 4 project prepared by the engineers this fall which differentiated 5 between the 5 ton and 9 ton road. The City Manager confirmed that the 6 road was a state aid road and the City used its MSA allocation to pay 7 the City's share of the costs just the same as had been done on the 8 other end of the boulevard, which had also been reconstructed. He 9 corrected the misinformation the lawyer had that there has been any 10 direct federal aid received for the project. 11 Mr. Patterson said the cemetery, unlike the Park Board, is operated to 12 make a profit for the corporation which owns it. He reiterated that he 13 believed that given all the advantages this street offers other 14 residents and businesses besides the two entities which are being 15 assessed, in the interest of justice the costs should be spread more 16 evenly among the users of the road, particularly the business just north 17 of the golf course, which gets an advantage from that street. 18 Mayor Sundland indicated that was the same argument all property owners 19 make whenever their street is improved and they are assessed for the 20 costs. He said all the residents on the other side of St. Anthony 21 Boulevard had to pay the same share of assessments as were being 22 proposed that evening. The Mayor also pointed out that the former 23 owners of Sunset Park had been very vocal in their complaints about the 24 condition of the roadway. Councilmember Marks said he understood that 15 when a corporation changed hands, the new owners had to assume all the 3 debts and responsibilities of the previous owners. 27 Mr. Childs pointed out that because state law does not require 28 cemeteries pay property taxes, it should be remembered that the cemetery 29 is receiving with out the cost the benefit of police and fire protection 30 and regular street maintenance, which is considerable. He reiterated 31 that the cemetery and the golf course were not being assessed for the 32 extra width or strength required for the middle of the road which all 33 traffic uses, but only for the 8 feet next to their properties which are 34 needed to get into and out of their properties. 35 Councilmember Marks said he was fairly certain that the same cemetery 36 general manager who had signed the letter of opposition had attended the 37 hearing on the improvements which included estimates of over $400,000 38 for getting the road improved and still had been in favor of going 39 forward with the project. Councilmember Ranallo told him he perceived 40 this was just more of the same story the Council always hears where the 41 golfers at Gross as well as all the morticians who drove to Sunset had 42 complained for years about the terrible condition of that roadway and 43 continually asked the Councilmembers "when are you going to fix that 44 street?", but now "no one wants to pay for it." 45 Mayor Sundland told Mr. Feldman and Mr. Patterson their objections would 46 be recorded and indicted the figures they had expressed an interested 11