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Council Meeting Minutes for October 6, 2025 Page 6 of 8 Assessment Hearing for Beaver Ponds Street Improvement Project On April 7, 2025, the City of Hugo awarded a construction contract for the completion of the 2025 Beaver Ponds Area Street Improvement Project. The project was substantially complete. At the August 18, 2025, regular Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution declaring costs to be assessed for the 2025 Beaver Ponds Area Street Improvement Project and scheduled the assessment hearing on the proposed assessments for October 6, 2025. The Notice of Assessment Hearing had been published in the newspaper and mailed to the owners of each parcel described in the assessment roll at least two weeks prior to this hearing. City Engineer Mark Erichson presented a map showing the project location and provided background on the pavement management program that helped identify the roads in the Beaver Ponds Development as needing improvement. Improvements included an urban road mill and overlay along with improvements to curb, gutter, and storm sewer improvements. Also included was trail reconstruction. The total cost of the project was $1,196,189. Assessments would pay for $337,810.20, and the remaining $858,378.80 would come from City funds. Erichson provided information on the assessment policy explaining a single-family unit would be assessed $2,100 with some variations for corner lots and other unique HOA properties. Assessments would be over a five-year period at 5.05% interest and could be paid in full by November 15 each year. He explained there was also a senior citizen deferral available for those over 65 years old, and he noted that interest would still accrue. There were no questions from Council, and Mayor Weidt opened the public hearing. Dale Johnson, 12998 Fiona Road North, asked if the amount in the public hearing notice he received was the final amount he would owe. Erichson confirmed that it was the final amount. There were no other comments, and Mayor Weidt closed the public hearing. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2025 – 37 ADOPTING ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2025 BEAVER PONDS AREA STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. Roll call vote- Ayes: Krull, Miron, Petryk, Strub, Weidt Nays: None. Motion carried. Discussion on Assessment Policy Deviation for the 2026 Street Improvement Project On March 3, 2025, the City Council authorized the preparation of a feasibility study for the 2026 Bald Eagle Industrial Park Street Improvement Project. City Engineer Mark Erichson provided a brief project update to the City Council and discussed how the City’s assessment policy applied