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I I. ~EN~CO~,.JUNE1? 1995 " - I Mayor Probst reviewed the process of a Public fI";"";"g He noted there would be a l".,..-' ,rd' .on to the Council and Sta:tt with COmTn"""" and '1"-noos from the CoUllCil, and then the Council wouid I receive co== and questions from the ,"rljen<'" Mayor Probst requested only new infonnation or commentS be madt: by the .11rli= I Consuiting Engineer Ter.ry Mauer reviewed a number of issues ourside the actUal recoDSD'llCtion. I Mr. Yfaw:r first addressed the issue of the Ramsey Coumy Consolidation or wba1: is u,r......f to as the tumbacic of County road to municipalities. I Mr. Mauer indicated there will be 80 miles of roadwlry =ed back from the Stare ro Ramsey County md 4:; miles of roadways will be tumed over ro mumcipalities. He indicated rhis will result in a net I gain of 37 miles of roadways tor Ramsey Coumy. Mr. Mauernotefi in Arden Hills there will be 3.8 miles tIlat will be mmed over by the Coumy to the I City. lVfr. Mauer indicated. the romback does make sense in me long run. He noted me Coumy, by their .. own .nm;<sion, would have not been able to rccollStIllCt Coumy Road F and would possibly have done a recycle and overlay of the road. This procedure would have not lasted very long. I lVfr. Mauer also indicated if the road was not reconstrm:ted at the time of me tumback:, Ramsey County funds would not be available. Also reconstIUCtion makes MSA ftmcIs available. I Mr. Mauer pointed out the City is allowed by Stare Stature 429.051 to assess any benentting pro-pertY . He noted aithough the word "beneiitting" is confusing, me Cl.y Council bases the assessment on the in=e in value to me ~.u!",,-ry, I Mr. Mauer noted ail appeals will have 30 days from me date action is taken by the City Coun~~ I Mr. Mauer reviewed the Arden Hills Assessment Policy and its definitions using overhead transparencies. He noted the City would be contnbuting witb. MSA funds. taXes from utilities and storm water management funds and Coumy monies. . Mr. Mauer indicated the funds identified as MSA funds are, of course, only a portion of the MSA . funds available. He noted additional projeclS will be in need.ofMSA funds in the furore,. He noted if ail the funds were to be used for this project, it would reduce me City's ability to do other projectS such as Highway 96 improvementS. . Mr. Mauer presented e.'aIIIltlles of previous proj= regarding assessmentS and odd shaped lotS. He .. noted the actUal rate has risen each year. I