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Page lof3 Teresa Bender From: Meath, Melody [mmeath@ericksenroed.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 20086:38 AM To: Melody Meath Cc: dlarson@centervillemn.com; tbender@centervillemn.com Subject: RE: Mill Road a collector street? Mark, Thank you for your response. I have one comment though. Just because Center Street was done a certain way doesn't mean it was the correct way. Sometimes policies need to be changed not just continued because that is the way it was done in the past. If Center Street was done unfairly then those people should be reimbursed the difference not the other way around. Thanks- Melody From: Melody Meath [mailto:mmeath@q.com) sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:49 PM To: Meath, Melody Subject: Fw: Mill Road a collector street? ----- Original Message ----- From: Statz, Mark R To: Melody Meath Cc: Dallas Larson; Teresa Bender; Goodman, Ryan J ; Maloney, Emily L ; Long, Chris W; PPalzer@Centervillemn.com Sent: Thursday, May 08,20089:34 AM Subject: RE: Mill Road a collector street? Melody, I would generally agree with your research. Many cities do have collector road policies that put at least some of the burden on the city as a whole. In my experience, most cities will break out costs for collector roads which are above and beyond that of a normal road (e.g. extra width, extra thickness, etc.). Then the City pays for those costs above and beyond the normal City street section and assesses the homeowners an "equivalent" cost. In other words, the assessments reflect what they would have paid if they lived on a normal City street. While I cannot say what the council will do, I will say that a similar policy will likely be discussed. There are a few things that would work against this policy, however. First is the fact that folks on Center Street (another collector) were assessed in 2004. In the interest of consistency and fairness, it would be difficult to apply a different policy to your street only 5 years later. Secondly, Mill road isn't really being proposed to be built any wider or thicker than other streets in town at this time, so your costs aren't much different from others with the same type of improvements. Any difference comes mostly from the density of homes along the road who share in the cost. Again, the trail costs are currently being proposed to be spread across all properties on the project, not just assessed to Mill Road residents. Also, the City will be looking to see if the grant they received can help offset some of these costs. 5/28/2008