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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for March 7, 2016 <br />Page 8 of 11 <br />$1,449,000. Ninety percent would be paid for with City funds and the remaining 10% through <br />assessments. According to the Assessment Policy, a single family unit would be assessed $5,200 <br />and multi -family would be assessed $97.50/lineal foot of frontage. Jay recommend staff <br />complete a review for multi -family assessments prior to the assessment hearing. Assessments are <br />spread over a 10 year period, and there is a senior citizen deferral. If ordered, the project design <br />would be in March -April, neighborhood open house in April, project construction May -October, <br />and the assessment hearing would be in September, 2016. <br />Mayor Weidt opened the public hearing. <br />Ron Sparrow, 5946 Oneka Lake Boulevard North, talked about the sidewalk and the ditch that <br />was dug years ago for storm sewer, and it is now proposed to be filled. The sidewalk will be <br />built over existing utilities. Ron said he felt it would make more sense to put the sidewalk on the <br />other side of the road. He did think that no parking would be an issue, and it should be allowed <br />with the wider road. He asked about the interest on the assessments, and Kennedy provided <br />some answers and informed him that it would be discussed in detail at the assessment hearing. <br />Kathleen Saniti, 5855 147th Street North, questioned whether making the street narrower would <br />really slow down traffic. She also felt the speed patrol on the road should have been done during <br />a busier time of day. She asked about the interest on deferred assessments, and did not seem to <br />have a preference on whether there should be parking on the street. <br />Dirk Dubois, 5809 147th Street, asked about traffic volumes and wondered about future <br />development east of Rice Lake. Kennedy stated that there was little opportunity for development <br />in that area and didn't anticipate another collector road. Dubois said he thought it was a <br />dangerous road and was in favor of slowing speeds down but not sure a narrower road would <br />make a difference. He thought parking on the road would be risky. He asked about future <br />assessments. Kennedy stated it was possible they could see another one 20-30 years from now. <br />hn <br />Paul Fladeboe, 5829 147th Street, said he had the same concerns as Dubois and thought deputies <br />needed to be patrolling during rush hour. Paul stated that, if he did the math right, there were <br />2,250 cars per day speeding. There may be a head-on collision if the road was narrower, and a <br />narrower road would not slow the speed down. When asked what he thought about parking, he <br />stated he has no need for parking on the street. <br />Carol Moe, 5989 Oneka Lake Boulevard, said she would be happy if they left the street as it is. <br />The speed is terrible and she cannot afford the assessment. <br />Sandy, 14791 Foxhill Avenue North, had concerns about children crossing the road to get on the <br />bus. Speed was a big problem, and there is no cross walk. Foxhill Avenue was being used as a <br />cut -through, and she speculated it was because of the timing and wait at the traffic signal on <br />TH61 and 147th Street. She said she would like to see the project delayed. <br />Paul Fladeboe asked if there was any chance of putting stop signs and perhaps controlled walks <br />at the intersections. Kennedy stated they could evaluate the Geneva Avenue Intersection, adding <br />that stop signs as speed devices do not work well and sometimes make it worse. Kennedy didn't <br />think the intersections would meet the criteria for a stop sign. <br />