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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />APRIL 14, 2003 <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />use easement before, it was impacted after. The use has not changed as a result of <br />this project. What they needed to figure out was if this project improved the <br />market value of the property and if it could be developed. A benefit did not need <br />to support a dwelling. If the market value did not increase due to the project, they <br />could not assess it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated the question before the Council was what a buyer <br />would be willing to pay a willing seller before the improvement and then after the <br />road improvements, what would that be, He stated he did not personally believe a <br />home would be built on that property and he was not sure if a road improvement <br />would add to the value of the property. He stated he did not even know if a buyer <br />would purchase the property. <br /> <br />MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Rem <br />seconded a motion to remove the Lake Josephine Association <br />property from the assessment roll. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated he would not support this motion because he did <br />not think it was the right motion to make given what the City Attorney said <br />regarding whether there was a benefit before and after. He stated if the Council <br />stated there was no benefit to this property, then he found it difficult to find there <br />was any benefit to any property in the City with a road improvement. He stated <br />they could discuss an adjustment, but not a removal from the assessment roll. <br /> <br />Councilmember Rem stated her reason for seconding the motion was partly <br />because of the development ability issue of the property, She stated she was not <br />convinced that an assessment of this size was appropriate for this property. She <br />stated she was open to negotiating the amount of the assessment, but she believed <br />the amount of the assessment was much higher than she could support, <br /> <br />Council member Grant stated he was not sure they could find a willing buyer for <br />the property and he found it difficult to say there was a benefit to the property. <br /> <br />Mr. Parrish replied in the assessment policy, they could negotiate a lesser <br />assessment. <br /> <br />Doug Hartford stated the City had permitted houses to be built on lots that it <br />perhaps should not have. <br />