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• -11- -,.said most of the.. trees •in the Village boulevards.. had been planted there by the homeowners ; requested the City Attorney review the documents Mr. Kausel has in- relation to .the City' s acquisition of the- Boulevard to .. determine their :•relevance to.-.the City Assessment Policy; said;. based on their .-refusal .to pay for any of the costs .of maintaining: the: road in. f ront of .the Gross .Golf Coub, .he. .had strong-.-doubts about the Park Board' s ever taking St. .Anthony Boulevard back just .because the City wasn' t maintaining it; - informed .Ms. :Bochnak -that no proposals to reconstruct either Wilson or Roosevelt Streets were on the Council' s agenda at this time, but - said he was afraid -that would probably have to be done "sooner than we would like with current economic condi- tions.," reminded the property owners that this project had. been completed in less -than two -months as compared to County Road D, which the--County had taken over two years to • complete. Ranallo told Mr. Kausel the City would have to amend its-assessment- policy ordinance• before it could make an exception for. . St. Anthony Boulevard assessments; drew a parallel between Mr. Kausel' s having to pay for .a street which .is primarily. used for general traffic and the property owners on his street 'being assessed for anew storm sewer - the City reconstructed• a few years ago close to St. Anthony Boulevard; saying his neighbors were hard pressed . to see the benefit of that improvement to their own properties; . .reiterated that future projects- like this one might be assessed at- rates higher or lower- than the •St. Anthony Boulevard homeowners. had to ,pay; . .pointed:out -that St. Charles�:Church. hs_.:to..:pay 100% of the costs of reconstructing.-:not only: St. Anthony Boulevard,. but . -... also •Stinson ,Boulevard because its :-proper.ty• is assessed- : on a commercial .basis.