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The City of Arden Hills assessment policy is most applicable to residential neighborhood road improvements, where the City funds 50% of the project, and the remaining 50% is assessed to adjacent properties on a per unit basis. This generally assigns an equal assessment amount to most benefitting properties, except for those larger properties that could be assigned more than one unit. Using the Citys existing policy as a basis, assessments for the County Road E improvements were also calculated using 50% of the estimated Citys cost. This total assessment amount equals $428,823. Those assessable costs associated with decorative lighting and landscaping trees are assessed, based on a front footage basis, to properties adjacent to the corridor. The remaining assessed costs are assessed to all properties within the B-2 District on a per acre basis. This approach recognizes the focused benefit of aesthetic improvements to adjacent properties, the broader functional and operational benefits the street improvements have to the overall District, and it accounts for the large variation in parcel sizes and development potential of those properties within the District. Special consideration was given to the proposed improvements along Connelly Street, which are intended to be more local improvements, rather than District wide improvements. Accordingly, 50% of the Connelly Street improvements are proposed to be assessed to the adjacent Flaherty and Pot-O-Gold properties only. A preliminary assessment map and assessment roll are included in Appendix B of this report. Right-of-way (ROW) has already been secured to support the widening of the westerly leg of the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection. However, additional ROW will need to be secured by the County for the Figure 2 corresponding widening of the easterly leg. This area is depicted on . West of the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection, the City will need to secure temporary and permanent Figure 2 easements to construct the project as depicted on . The easements are associated with: Widened sidewalk between Connelly Avenue intersections (permanent) · Retaining wall construction for sidewalk along the Staples property at the Pine Tree Drive intersections · (temporary) Sidewalk construction in front of the former Carrolls Furniture property (permanent) · The City will be required to complete the necessary ROW boundary work along County Road E between Connelly Street and Lexington Avenue as well as prepare any associated easement exhibits. Ramsey County has agreed to complete the necessary boundary and easement work east of Lexington Avenue and will also conduct all easement negotiations on behalf of the City. Easement acquisition costs west of Lexington Avenue would be borne by the City. Construction permits are anticipated to be needed from Ramsey County, Rice Creek Watershed District and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (NPDES).