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. , . MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 9, 1987, 7:00 p.m. - Village Hall CALL TO Pursuant to due ca!l and notice thereof, Mayor Woodburn ~ cal!ed the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL The rol! being called the following members were present: Mayor Woodburn, Councilmembers Nancy Hansen, Dale Hicks, Gary Peck and Thomas Sather. Also present were Attorney James Lynden, Treasurer Donald Lamb, Engineer Donald Christoffersen, Barry Peters, Public Works Supervisor Robert Raddatz, Clerk Administrator Patricia Morrison and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. CLOSED MTG. Council dicussed labor negotiations from 7:00-7:30 p.m. LABOR NEG'S APPROVE MINUTES Moved by Hicks, seconded by Peck, that Council approve the Minutes of January 26th, with the following corrections: PaRe 3, paraaraph 8, change to read: "Amendment to motion passed." PaRe 5, under Fire Board Report - Schoonover Property, delete: "(lOX of purchase price)". PaRe 6, motion regarding purchase of telephone system, to read: " ...additional monies to be expended from the General Fund reserve, to eliminate interest costs." . Motion carried unanimously. (5-0) BUSINESS FROM FLOOR None. ~ County Commissioner Duane McCarty was in attendance at the Council meeting. He advised the Councilmembers he noted Council concerns in the minutes of 1/12/87, regarding the possible assessment cost increases to Arden Hills for improvements to County Road D due to the reclassification. McCarty advised the formula for assessing the improvement costs to the City will not change because the road is reclassified. CONDEMNATION Council was referred to letter from Attorney Lynden STATUS/NAEGELE (1-26-87), regarding the status of the condemnation PROPERTY of the Naegele property. Attorney Lynden stated the appraisal for the property should he received by the end of this week. He explained the appeal process and reviewed the hearing datel noting that on February 26th, Don Christoffersen or Barry Peters would be present to testify, if another hearing is necessary, it will be held on March 3rd, Engineer advised that it may be necessary to hold another public hearing, if the bids come in substantially higher than the bids previously received. There was discussion regarding if credit toward assessments would be given for easements received. Engineer and Attorney were unsure; both advised the would research the matter. . ASSESSMENT POLICY Council was referred to previous discussions regarding ROAD RECONSTRUCTION establishing a general assessment policy for road reconstruction. Barry Peters reviewed surrounding communities assessment po!icies. Don Christoffersen reviewed assessments costs for new subdivisions, to give Council some dollar figures for comparison purposes. He noted that any policy established by Council will have to be supported by an appraisal; also advised that some communities assess at a flat dol!ar rate that can be increased each year (or decreased) according to the construction cost index. Attorney Lynden discussed the Ad Hoc approach to assessments; also suggested an appraiser could set up a policy for residentia! and commercia! properties. He . commented that should the !ikelihood of an appeal exist, an appraiser could be retained to appraise that specific property before and after the improvement.