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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for October 3, 2022 Page 6 of 9 on the roadway. He talked about the broad area of the City’s participation in the cost and the Council’s discretion on how it is applied, pointing out the assessment cost had been driven down dramatically. John Bredemus, 15174 Farnham Avenue North, said he has lived in Hugo for six years and taxes have gone up a lot. He had never been assessed in any other city he lived in, and he wondered why Vadnais Heights and Anoka never did it. He said all of the new construction to the north have heavy duty trucks tearing up the road, and he asked if developers had been assessed for damage done to the roads. He also asked about the senior policy, and there was talk about the paving of Farnham. Snyder explained how roads are assessed, and Erichson explained there would be a future assessment to these same homes at a future date for Farnham Ave. It would be a small amount of money for a mill and overly and would be substantially less. The homes to the north that would be assessed would be at a much higher rate. Erichson explained the senior deferral program. Dana Coleman, 15420 Foster Drive North, asked about the light and pedestrian ramps. She questioned why they only had 30 days to pay. Erichson explained the ramps were for handicapped accessibility. He explained there was a deadline to have the material submitted to Washington County to get on the tax rolls, and it could be paid if full in the subsequent years following. Rick Bieniek, 5161 Farnham Drive N., stated the project looks nice, but there were issues with signage by the school and some street lights out from Heritage Parkway to Farnham. He asked if the wellhouse was being assessed and asked about other funding for the project. He said he liked having the traffic control light, and he asked if it was known why the concrete fell apart, and he questioned sidewalk maintenance. Erichson replied the streets were not on the state aid system. There is money the City gets annually from gas tax, but many components are not eligible. He said he did not have a breakdown on it, but could get Bieniek the information. He talked about the deterioration of the road saying no scientific study had been done, but it was likely bad concrete. There is now strict sampling required by MnDOT. He pointed out that Freedom Trail was taken care of, and the City has talked about a trail rating system. Michelle Wolf, 5014 Evergreen Dr. N, Unit #1, asked about the HOA’s portion of it and whether residents would be paying for that too. She said she agreed with what others said about the school; people outside of the community are using the road. She said her taxes have gone up extremely since she moved there in 2009. Miron asked about limitations on who the City can assess for projects. Snyder replied government agencies can only assess to the extent the property can be shown to benefit by the improvements. Costs contributed by the City lowers the assessment.