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� <br />� MAYOR CREPEAUo "And the other four property owners should <br />be considered." <br />(70UNCILMAN WINGERTe "That was my basis for asking what <br />there is by way of precedent for establishing }�enefit because <br />it seems to me benefits are mare equally distributed than the <br />geometry of this thing to distribute the cost and I was looking <br />for some alternate rationale to establish this, that based on <br />the corner situation that Flaherty is being socked for three <br />sides, plus it doesn't seem equitable, and I'm looking for an <br />equitable basis to proceed. I must say I don't, frankly, have <br />one at this titr�, so 2'm saying during the interim here, we <br />try to establish one (inaudible)." <br />MR. POPOVICfi: "A11 of these front footages or acreage are <br />just formuZas to try to arrive at a benefit. The ultimate test is <br />what is the benefit that's been received. (Inaudible) what <br />cause benefit (inaudible) or market value to increase if you <br />don't consider use. Now apparently the Supreme Court says you <br />can include use because the South View Country Club is a country <br />club and the Court took it into consideration, but previously <br />the law said forget about the ixse of the property, and the fact <br />that it's used for a school or business or residence my change <br />at some future time. Buildings are torn down, and what is the <br />life of the improvement, Thittgs of that nature, so you put the <br />engineer on the stand - how long will this improvement last? <br />There are so many factors that come into play to arrive at that <br />nebulous thing - what is the benefit to each property owner, so <br />we have taken a method of arriving at it which is front foot or <br />acreage in order to do it, and that's just a mechanism to help. <br />If in one's judgment - and I've seen that done - forqet about <br />acreage - we have 100 lots, we're going to assess one 1/10 <br />aqainst each 1ot {inaudible)." <br />MR. CHRISTOFFERSENa "But the true test - correct me if I'm <br />. wronq - appraisal of the property by land appraisers before and <br />after." <br />MR. POPOVICH: ��And you can't afford to do that, so it just <br />isn't done," <br />COUNCII�7 WINGERT: "It would be a couple thousand dollars <br />to appraise it." <br />-12- <br />