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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Teresa Bender <br /> <br />From: Melody Meath [mmeath@q.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 07,20086:52 PM <br />To: Mark Statz <br />Cc: Dallas Larson; Teresa Bender <br />Subject: Mill Road a collector street? <br /> <br />Mark, <br /> <br />I've heard several people, including yourself, refer to Mill Road as a collector street. The <br />definition I found is: <br /> <br />"The Collector Street collects traffic from local streets in residential and industrial/commercial <br />areas and channels it into the Arterial Roadway System (i.e. State and County roadways)" <br /> <br />By this definition I would say that indeed Mill Road is a collector street. That being said, my <br />understanding from the research that I have done, is that the "responsibility for collector streets <br />usually falls to the local government and developers for funding, design and construction." <br /> <br />Meaning, all future maintainence and construction (i.e. bike trails, road work) cannot be <br />assessed to the property owners on the collector street but is paid for by the City as a whole. <br /> <br />I have also found several cities with similar populations where it states in their Assessment <br />Policy, "Bituminous walkways or bicycle trails to be installed as part of the City Comprehensive <br />Plan will NOT be assessed, but rather funded 100% by the City." Our Assessment Policy is <br />outdated with a revision date of 1989 and does not address a Comprehensive Plan at all. <br /> <br />I for one, am concerned that the people on Mill Road will pay for this street several <br />times because of the sheer volume of people using it and feel that if EVERYONE uses it, everyone <br />should pay for it. <br /> <br />I would appreciate you researching this issue further as I believe it is a valid concern. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Melody Meath <br /> <br />This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. <br />For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email <br /> <br />5/28/2008 <br />