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-10- • Joseph J,.Brinkman, 2529 .St. . Anthony . Boulevard: -:: was also. concerned .about.-the number of trucks using the street .now that it ' s opened; .wanted to know why .the .City. didn' t post the streets against truck- traffic. These comments prompted the following responses from the City Manager and Councilmembers: Childs -. indicated the Assessment Policy. had been adopted that spring before the hearings were held on the project; - said. under. the Policy, all abutting property owners, whether or not they live on- MSA streets, have to pay the costs of a 5 ton residential street; gave ,the -theory on which the Policy is 'based as,.-being that homeownes derive_ direct- benefit -from. the first .eight ' feet of roadway and the middle section,, which is used by the general public, should be paid for from general taxation;- - pointed out that i.f -Silver Lake Road, another MSA road, ever • had to be redone, the. abutting property owners would also have to pay $10. 50 per front foot based on 'the current cost of constructing aL5 ton residential street; added that., , if construction costs are higher,- the rates paid by those property owners would also. rise; pointed out that the City' s policy of only assessing .10% of an MSA street to -the abutting property owners was' -much more generous than other suburbs where the same owners might have to pay .up to .half of the costs..of .reconstructing ,an MSA street; — assured Ms. Bochnak that the contractor would have to replace: any trees.-.he had .injured and others -would be replaced--from, - the City' s stock of- trees, not charged to the property owners; -, .told,..the .Councilmembers -that .the :•con'tractor had to cover the costs of .replacing the flagstone in front of. the Bochnak property. Sundland -..told.. Mr;....Kausel "all - streets • are .cons.idered- to be easements -and .have . to . be maint.aine.d--by the.,City'-....which is- you and me. •