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<br />MAYOR WOODBURN: Are there any further comments on this <br />development? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MRS. MARJORIE JOHNSTON, 3672 North Snelling Avenue: We <br />have the lot right off Snelling by the Soo Line underpass. <br />What I'm wondering - why are we charged on that back portion? <br />There's no access on the road. We have absolutely no access <br />to that road at all - none whatsoever. That road is not <br />useful to us at all. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: Don, what lot is that? <br /> <br />MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: The developer - when he dedicated <br />the right-of-way - dedicated right over abutting their <br />property. There could be access built into there. <br /> <br />MRS. JOHNSTON: What good is the access to us when the <br />lot stands there wooded? What good would we get out of it? <br />What benefit are we getting from it now? <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: Isn't it large enough to split <br />off the back half and make another lot? <br /> <br />MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: Yes it is. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: You can subdivide. <br /> <br />MRS. JOHNSTON: We don't plan to. <br /> <br />MR. ROBERT JOHNSTON: We've lived in this area - this <br />same home - in about three months it will be 30 years. We <br />pay taxes on that property on one lot and the people that <br />we bought the home from built it and they probably had the <br />same thing for 20 years- 30 years for us. One of the reasons <br />we kept it undeveloped in the back - of course, progress hits. <br />We liked it when it was the only place in thirteen acres - <br />but this is progress. We want to know who is responsible for <br />the assessments on our property and assuming that we want to <br />subdivide? That's the assumption that we don't understand. <br />Also, .$5800 and some assessment for a road - Arden Oaks <br />Drive - it's to the benefit of the new homes in the area - <br />none to us. It's a question of who makes the assessment and <br />who decides if we have two lots. I don't care if it was 500 <br />feet long (inaudible). We've paid taxes for 30 years on one <br />lot. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: (Changed Tape) . . .the land to <br />see whether or not there's potential development and it's <br />brought forth to the Council and the Council makes the final <br />decision on it. The engineer makes the original recommenda- <br />tions. This was what was recommended - that this lot be <br />assessed, assuming that it could be split in half. The <br />front half received a sewer and water trunk and sewer and <br />water service benefit - the back receiving the same - in <br />addition to the street benefit. <br /> <br />-6- <br />