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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PUBLIC HEARINGS ON STORM SEWER PROJECT 1972-1 PAVING,CURB AND GUTTER IMPROVEN NT PROJECT j�1973-1 October 1,197+ Mayor Miedtke called the Public Hearing on Storm Seiner Project #41972-1 to order in the Wilshire School Cafetorium at 7:31 P.M. Also present were: Councilman Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Stauffer City Manager, Jerry Dulgar Adm. Asst., Jim Fornell About 75 residents attended the meeting and cost calculation sheets for both projects as well as a list of property owners who were notified of assessments covered by the hearings and a listing of each specific assessment identified by plat and parcel numbers were distributed. The Mayor opened the meeting u ith an apology for the conflict in timing between the public hearing and the high school open house for School District #282. He pointed out that the Storm Sewer Project had originally been approved at a public hearing June 29, 1972 and that the purpose of the evening's hearing was to obtain individual objections from the residents who felt they were not being assessed accurately and fairly for their share of the costs incurred by the installation of the storm sewers. He explained that the project covered the enlargement of the • sewer lines in St. Anthony on Silver Lake Road, 29th Avenue N.E., St. Anthony Blvd. and Coolidge which in turn were connected to the State's sewer lines under Hwy. 8 designed to carry storm waters through Minneapolis to the Mississippi River. At the request of Lowell Fife, 3500 Harding St. N.E., Mr. Dulg ar gave the assessment rate as $2.52 per 100 sq. ft or 2.5 cents per square foot. Thomas Ondrey, 3529 Edwards St. N.F.J. asked for the criteria which was used to ascertain the properties which were assessed and was told that any property which drained in a southerly direction into the storm sewer system was included. Later in the evening Mr. Ondrey told of the drainage problem which he and his neighbor had in their back yards and asked for some relief in his assessments and was advised to make application for such relief to the City Manager. John Andrychowicz, 2809 Coolidge St. N.E., said he didn't think the square footage for his lot was correct and he was told that was exactly the kind of information the City desired to have brought to its attention so it could be corrected. The group was told that the data on which the City was basing its assessments was taken from the deeds to the individual lots and errors in calculation were quite possible. Helen M. Gruidl, 3109 Stinson Boulevard,asked whether the Council had considered an adjustment in the rate of assessments for senior ,citizens and Mayor Miedtke told her they were researching what amount of relief the State Legislature would allow the City to grant to senior citizens and that the matter would be discussed by the Council at the next meeting. She then expressed her opinion that the revenue • sharing funds which were used to purchase a new fire truck and for Police Department improvement should have been applied to pay the construction costs of the project.