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INTER~CITY COORDINATION CONCERNS City Limits Roseville's City Attorney has advised staff that Roseville cannot construct any improvements north of the Roseville city boundary without executing an agreement with the City of Arden Hills that defines the improvements and how they will be funded. The attorney has also advised staff that properties located within Arden Hills cannot be assessed without agreement from Arden Hills City Council. As a result, we are working on a draft agreement for review by the Arden Hills City Attorney, which will be brought to the Arden Hills City Council for approval at the same time as the Public Hearing for the improvement described in this feasibility report. This agreement will address the different inter-city coordination concerns that exist in this neighborhood. This project is unique in that the city border between Roseville and Arden Hills runs mid-block through Asbury Street and Ridgewood Road. There are five parcels divided by the City limits, each of which have two separate tax Parcel Identification numbers (PlDs), one in Arden Hills, the other in Roseville. Property taxes for these parcels are paid to the respective City in which that portion of the lot is located. These taxes are based on the size of the lot. Assessments The City of Roseville and the City of Arden Hills have different funding mechanisms and assessment policies for their Pavement Management Programs. We have used the Ramsey County tax records to develop an equitable way to apply these policies according to contributing tax base. This will be discussed in the next section of this report. In order to better understand the differences between the two policies here is a brief summary of each City's policy: City of Roseville Roseville's Pavement Management Program is paid for through two funding sources; the City's Street Infrastructure fund and Assessments. When the program was first approved by the Council in 1985, they increased the ad val arum property taxes to build up a street infrastructure fund to pay for the City's portion ofPMP projects. Roseville Assessment Policy summary: . Assessments are based on lot frontage. . The rate is determined by dividing the total cost for all residential street reconstruction in a given year's project by the total assessable frontage for the properties. . The assessments shall not be for more than 25% of the cost to construct a 7-ton road for all property zoning. . The City portion of the street reconstruction cost (75%) will be funded using street infrastructure funds. Arden Hills Assessment Policy summary: . Assessments are based on lot units. . The rate is determined by dividing the total cost for all residential street reconstruction in a given year's project by the total number of assessable properties. 16