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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2012 Page 4 noted that the City of Maplewood had been using this practice for several years, and most recently with their reconstruction of White Bear Avenue. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Ms. Bloom confirmed that this practice was being implemented as a function of changes in market values. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Ms. Bloom advised that the appraisals would be completed for all property types within a project area subject to the bene- fit test; for completion of each market value appraisal. Determining Assessable Frontage (Section 2) Ms. Bloom briefly reviewed calculations for determining assessable frontage for various lot types and configurations. Roadway New Construction Projects (Section 3). Roadway Reconstruction Projects (Section 4) Ms. Bloom reviewed street project types based on the type of street (e.g. City street, Municipal State Aid roadways; Ramsey County or Minnesota Department of Transportation roadways); and even though a street may be constructed to a higher degree than typical standards, those zoned LDR-1 and LDR-2 would be assessed for up to 25% of the cost for a 7-ton, 32' wide pavement. At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Bloom clarified that the County and/or State had no statutory authority to assess, but funded roadway projects through other sources, such as federal and/or state highway funds. As an example, Ms. Bloom reviewed the funding sources for installing signals on County Road B-2, with certain costs state eligible and part of the public system. However, another example would be the signal on American Boulevard, and even though the north leg was a City street, the City was responsible for 50% of that signal costs (e.g. two legs) with cost-share from Ramsey County. Since that sough leg of the signal provides a driveway ac- cess into a major regional mall, Section 4.e addresses such a situation by assessing 1/4 to the south leg since there is a benefit to the mall for access to a signalized inter- section. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bloom reviewed how costs for some amenities under this section (e.g. noise walls) was broken out based on a cost benefit analysis and various standard ratios. Ms. Bloom used a noise wall at the City of Minnetonka as a recent example of a state regional highway project that in- creases capacity for a community. Sanitary Sewer/Water(Sections 5 and 7) Ms. Bloom noted that these sections remained the same; with the exception of those areas requiring capacity above standard or through petition.