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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, I <br /> <br />in the back of their homes and, again, it's going to create <br />probably more hassles for them than they would want by the <br />improvement. Certainly it's going to be something nice for the <br />City and it's probably going to make the street a little bit <br />safer, but as far as assessments, I think if it came down to a <br />choice of either leaving it the way it is or improving it, I <br />think you would probably end up with 99% saying that they <br />would prefer to leave it the way it is, especially with taxes <br />the way they are right now - they don't need any further <br />assessments. I would like to just ask if you know how this <br />is determined or when you would determine whether it would be <br />assessed - how you would go about doing this. <br /> <br />MR. POPOVICH: That's one of the purposes of the meeting <br />tonight - to get a feel for it. Obviously, at some point - <br />if the Council was able - if somebody walked in and gave' you <br />$66,000, then you'd have the money on hand. That would be <br />easy - you'd.determine to use it. While you may look at the <br />past as to what may have been - things that have happened in <br />the past don't necessarily bind Councils in the future, <br />particularly with project costs and what have you and there <br />are greater expenditures involved. At some point the Council <br />will have to make a decision as to how they're going to do <br />this. If they find that there are no funds on hand - from <br />other sources - that.they can use to put in the improvement- <br />assuming they order the improvement tonight - then at some ,~ <br />point there will be an assessment hearing - usually it's a <br />year later - and at that point at least 20% will be assessed, <br />if you decide to go that route. That's one of the things <br />tonight - to talk about how we can do this without assessing, <br />where ~an we get the mbney to do it, do we have to assess, <br />if we have to assess - 100%, 50%, 20% - the Council wants <br />your input on that. But at some point they will have to make <br />a decision and the questions is - where do we get $66,000? <br /> <br />MR. PIERRE LIPPERT: But the question is - even though - <br />I guess I'm trying to figure out how you would determine <br />it's an improvement to our property, even though it's not <br />really even ~n our property - it's all on the County's right- <br />of-way - and why it's an improvement to our property, being <br />that it's in our back yards and not in our front. <br /> <br />MR. POPOVICH: That again is a judgment call. The fact <br />that a road is on the back of property rather than the front, <br />in of itself wouldn't be the deciding thing. I can give you <br />an example. About 30 years ago, when France Avenue was <br />widened over in Edina, that went all the way up to the <br />Supreme Court. People felt there was no benefit to have <br />that big 60 foot wide street in there. Most of you are <br />familiar with where France Avenue is in Edina. The Council <br />determined that there was a benefit and the Supreme Court <br />sustained them. It's a judgment call as to how much. We <br />know we're bound by the fact that we can't assess more than <br /> <br />-7- <br />