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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for October 3, 2022 Page 5 of 9 AT 5616 147th STREET NORTH, and RESOLUTION 2022-64 APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM THE DRIVE-THROUGH BUSINESS VEHICLE STACKING REQUIREMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5616 147th STREET NORTH All Ayes. Motion carried. Oneka Parkway Improvement Project Assessment Hearing On July 5, 2022, the City of Hugo awarded a construction contract for the completion of the 2022 Oneka Parkway Improvements Project. At the September 5, 2022, regular Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution declaring the costs to be assessed, ordered the preparation of the proposed assessment roll for the 2022 Oneka Parkway Improvements Project and scheduled the assessment hearing on the proposed assessments for October 3, 2022. City Engineer Mark Erichson talked about the components of the project and explained the partial roadway reconstruction, urban roadway mill and overlay portion, and intersection improvements at Oneka Parkway and Frenchman Road. He stated they were looking at having the signal operational at the end of the year. He reviewed the process as outlined by State Statute 429 saying the Notice of Assessment Hearing had been published in the official newspaper and mailed to the owners of each parcel described in the assessment roll at least two weeks prior to the hearing. Erichson reviewed how the assessments costs were calculated and the cost per unit according to the City’s assessment policy. The rates per foot per construction type were added together for the frontage on Oneka parkway and divided by the number of townhomes resulting in $421.61 per unit. Assessments would be over a five-year period at 4.25%, and could be prepaid within 30 days of this hearing in full. He said paving is scheduled for October 12 and 13, and the signal is to be up and operational by the end of the year. Mayor Weidt opened the public hearing. Richard Hogan, 5075 149th Street North, Unit #2, wanted to note it would be $84.32 plus current association fees of $315 a month. This would be going up to $400 for one month for five years. The $15,000 for the association cost would also drizzle down to the property owners. He said he likes the stop light at the corner. He talked about the curves in the road and asked that the developer or Council consider more straight streets in the future to make it easier for plowing and fixing the roadway. Debra Schreiner, 15042 Farnham Avenue North, talked about the assessment being put on the association and not the other houses. She felt that any household that has a student that attends Oneka Elementary should be assessed as well as the buses that use the road. It should not just be an association thing for the City road. She said it was not an association road and many benefit. She added that she doesn’t even use the road and definitely opposes it. Weidt pointed out the association was only being assessed for 14% of the total project costs. City Attorney Dave Snyder explained the purpose of this hearing and explained how other cities do road projects. The bulk of this assessment was being spread to other people, not those that are