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City of Arden Hills Keithson Drainage Improvement Objections to Proposed Assessment . Summary and Response July 27, 1992 assessment based upon the benefit accrued is a legal procedure. 2. The drainage problem existed prior to the purchase of the property. [Written and Oral] Findinq: A special assessment is levied onto a property based upon the benefit the associated improvement provides. It is the benefit from the improvement that is assessed, and that a deficient drainage system may have been in place when the property was purchased does not detract from the benefit. 3 . The City did not live up to its obligations. Findinq: A special assessment is levied onto a property based upon the benefit the associated improvement provides, and allegations of fault do not affect the determination of this benefit. 4 . Other alternatives for funding should be explored. . Findinq: A special assessment is levied onto a property based upon the benefit the associated improvement provides. Other funding alternatives do not affect the determination of this benefit. 5. Not all properties that drain into the pond are included in the assessment. [Written and Oral] Findinq: Those properties that in the Council's judgment benefit from the improvement have been selected for assessment. 6. The developer planned this improvement but the City said it wasn't needed. [Oral] Findinq: The developer never planned this improvement. The original drainage plan called for the pond to overflow overland toward the southwest. 7. A share of the development cost was paid in conjunction with the purchase of the property. [Oral] Findinq: A special assessment is levied onto a property based upon the benefit the associated . improvement provides, and allegations regarding other payments made to a developer or some other f party do not affect the determination of this , ;i' benefit. t Of ~ v ,. :; Page: 5