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<br />MINUTES <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MARCH 30, 1998 <br />7:30 P.M. - NEW BRIGHTON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDERlROLL CALL <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the regular <br />City Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, Dale Hicks, <br />and Paul Malone. <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />Councilmember Susan Keirn. <br /> <br />Also present were City Accountant, Terry Post; Community Development Director, <br />Kevin Ringwald; Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; Parks and Recreation <br />Director, Cindy Walsh; Consulting Engineer, Greg Brown; and Recording Secretary, <br />Carla Wirth. <br /> <br />ADOPT AGENDA <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Hicks seconded a <br />motion to adopt the agenda for the March 30, 1998, Regular City Council meeting <br />as presented. The motion carried unanimously (4-0). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING - 1998 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT <br /> <br />A. Resolution #98-33, Revising the 1998 Street Improvement Assessment Rates <br /> <br />Mayor Probst noted the four items for which public hearings will be held and provided a brief <br />explanation of each. He explained the public hearing process which will be followed and the <br />Council's review of how to handle odd-shaped lots. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst opened the public hearing at 7:32 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Terry Post, City Accountant, explained that on February 23rd the Council adopted a <br />resolution which established a reconstruction assessment rate of $48.85. This was the basis for <br />the public hearing notices which were mailed earlier. He explained that two issues have occurred <br />since the adoption of that resolution. One issue relates to tax exempt property which is included <br />in the project for which staff recommends the Council adopt an exempt property overlay rate for <br />those parcels, Secondly, staff reviewed the cost aspects and recommends that the Council adopt <br />Resolution #98-33 which would revise the 1998 street reconstruction assessment rate from <br />$48.85 to $39.98 per assessable foot, which includes costs for curb and gutter. The proposed <br />resolution also establishes $10.40 per assessable foot (100%) for the tax exempt parcels and <br />. leaves the residential overlay rate as originally proposed at $5.20 per foot. <br />