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. the connection was of any value to them. In fact, they think it was a detriment in the industrial area.' It has dramatically increased the traffic in the industrial park and although at this point I don't have any official counts, talking with the owners tonight they indicate that it quite visibly is through traffic. In other words, the great majority of the cars and traffic on Grey Fox Road now is through traffic - it's not industrial park traffic. What that indicates is that the community as a whole, and perhaps even greater than the Arden Hills community, is benefiting greatly from a connected and improved Grey Fox Road. The land- owners believe that they have suffered from that and certainly haven't benefited. Again, if we measure special benefit - as I think we must - by increase in market values, the market value of their property has not increased because of the connection of that road. They still use the same access they always used, they had no complaints, it was adequate, they don't feel their market values have in- creased and don't believe there's been a special benefit to their property and as they look out their windows every day, they see the community using that road. For those reasons they have concluded - and I conclude - that that road improvement is of a general benefit to the community and not a special benefit to the particular landowners within the industrial park. For that reason we would ask you to not adopt the assessment roll and again to spread this cost across the community to reflect the fact that it is a general improvement. MAYOR WOODBURN: Anything further? Anyone else? MR. CLIFFORD LUND, 2241 North Milton, Representing Roberts Properties: The property that we have a question on is this one right here - this little tail that sticks out here - is owned by the State of Minnesota so we should not be assessed for that because we do not abut the street on that portion. We at ,Roberts Construction - when they built the industrial park they put in the roads - Grey Fox Road and Dunlap Street - and when the City took them over, we had to put a two inch overlay on the street to bring them up to (inaudible) standard. Granted, there is no curb and gutter along Grey Fox Road, nor along Dunlap Street - no concrete curb and gutter - there is blacktop curb and gutter. We do not feel that we benefit except to the extent of the curb and gutter. . MAYOR WOODBURN: Any further comments? Anyone else? I believe we got your expressions from most of your letters. MR. TIMOTHY TYSON, Representing A & D Development Company, Which Leases Property to Tyson Warehouse Company at 1300 Grey Fox Road: Basically the same disagreement - whether or not it benefits our property or not - and that our access is all out Snelling Avenue or Highway 51 to the north and simply by going one block north on Red Fox, we have more than adequate (inaudible). In addition, it's always a problem for us when we do see that the majority of the traffic which has been created on Grey Fox with the ne~ road is automobiles and we are not in the retail business 4