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• Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to grant a permit for the kiddie concessions to be operated as requested in the park proper and to waive the license fees as well as the clean up deposit normally required for such events. Motion carried unanimously. The assessment hearing for the rebuilding of 29th Avenue N.E. was opened at 8: 10 p.m. with the Manager reporting that, in conformance with the City's Assessment Policy for 29th, $107, 652.48 is to be assessed against the benefited properties. He said $200 ,123. 47 or 74 . 20 of the M.S .A. funds now held by the City will also be used to defray the rebuilding costs . Mr. Fornell then advised approximately 30 residents of the street who were present that the amount assessed to their property could be paid off within 30 days without incurring penalty and that the City is consider- ing a policy for deferring payment of the assessments with interest paid for those over 65 years of age who can prove hardship. Councilmen Sundland and Haik have been requested by the Council to re- search how other communities handle such deferments and Councilman Sund- land said they had found no consistency in other communities ' policies • in this regard and only arbitrary figures for setting the qualifications for determining such deferments . The City Attorney then said it was imperative that some sort of standards of hardship be adopted by the Council -to be applied to applicants for such deferments. The Mayor Pro Tem informed the residents that the deferment policy would be acted upon when the Council received the final recommendations from Councilmen Sundland and Haik establishing guidelines for granting such deferments and she also advised them that the question of traffic re- strictions could properly only be considered after the purpose of the hearing, which is to hear objections to the particular assessments from the property owners, is accomplished. I.C. Comstock, project engineer was present and was consulted at various times during the proceedings. Mr. Shaffer protested the average unit assessment of $1 ,545. 25 saying he felt the amount "should be closer to $1,000 .00" . He contended there was no evidence to prove "who had originally installed or paid for the cowpath between St. Anthony and St. Paul which is now 29th Avenue" . When it became apparent that the figures he was quoting differed from those of the Manager ' s and another resident, Leonard Toth, requested "specific figures" for the assessment totals, the hearing was recessed from 8: 30 p.m. to 8: 40 p.m. to allow Mr. Fornell to put the supporting • computations on the board. The recess also afforded the residents an (3)