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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 24, 2018 Page 4 Mr. Johnson stated in regard to assessment of County Road C, just because the property owners have never been assessed does not mean the property owners should start being assessed. He did not think the property owners should be as- sessed similar to Walnut. Council Discussion Mayor Roe asked what is going to happen on Long Lake Road by County Road C and is there proposed to be any assessments along Long Lake Road properties or would there only be assessments along County Road C. Mr. Culver stated there are no assessments being proposed for Long Lake Road. The City is doing a mill and overlay on Long Lake Road at the same time in 2019. The railroad crossing was done this year in anticipation of the roadwork. Mill and overlays are not assessed, only full street reconstruction is assessed. The County is fully reconstructing County Road C and just because a property owner is on a County Road does not mean the property owner should not be subject to assess- ments if the street is reconstructed. This is why the City is looking at assessing for the City's portion of those costs on County Road C. Mayor Roe asked if there is a set hearing associated with this. Mr. Culver indicated there was and property owners would be notified of the pub- lic hearings and meetings. He indicated nothing along Long Lake Road is being assessed with this project or the mill and overlay for the roadway in 2019. Mr. Culver stated what Mr. Johnson was referring to is the City did redo the rail- road crossing along Long Lake Road with the new concrete crossing and as a part of that and a new policy the City implemented as a part of the City's new trans- portation plan, the City does prep all of the railroad crossings now for quiet zone certification. That does not mean the crossing will be certified for quiet zone when it is done. But when the City repaves a roadway, the City takes the oppor- tunity to modify the geometrics, so it will be ready for quiet zone. He stated the City did put some concrete medians in that area. He showed on the map where the medians were installed. Mr. Culver stated the roadway is two lanes each way by the railroad crossing and does transition into a three-lane section south of the railroad. He stated what the City is doing as part of the County Road C project is to improve traffic operations at that intersection, because the southbound leg north of County Road C does ex- perience quite a bit of congestion, there is not a dedicated left turn phasing for the southbound movement, and there is only one left turn lane. The City will be mod- ifying the geometrics in that area to put in a dual left for the southbound move- ment and still have the thru movement going south. In order to do that, the City