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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 30, 2008 Page 13 John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn spoke in support of the motion; provided his perception of the history of previous Councilmembers and their support for such a reasonable re- quest; and opined that no taxpayer monies were being granted to Mr. Dorso through this action. Councilmember Pust recognized that previous City action had a role in Mr. Dorso's situation; however, when asked to use the City's eminent domain power to negotiate other government entities, she was unable to support such action. Councilmember Pust expressed her willingness to table action if a more amenable solution could be found. Councilmember Roe noted that the City had limited tools available to facilitate redevelopment of this area; agreed that this action was providing a way around the tax code to facilitate redevelopment, but opined that he was more comfortable with the revised language in the proposed resolution within a range of solutions as a reasonable way to complete redevelopment within the Twin Lakes area. Ayes: Roe and Klausing. Nays: Willmus; Ihlan; and Pust. Motion failed. Roll Call d. Discuss Request by Kron Family for City Participation in Sanitary Sewer Service Repair Public Works Director Duane Schwartz provided background as detailed in the staff report and correspondence included in that report dated June 30, 2008; and requested a City Council policy decision in directing staff how to proceed. Property owner Ms. Anna Kron, 1221 W County Road B, was present. Discussion included the age of the connection and standard construction materials used during the 1960's; normal age and wear of those materials; new standard construction materials based on improved technologies; cost differentials in as- phalt versus concrete patches and in type of roadways based on their ratings and use (i.e., Minnesota State Aid roadways versus city arterial streets similar to the City's assessment policy provisions and considerations); and Ramsey County's reduction in the amount of area for concrete patch potentially based on the loca- tion in the shoulder versus the drive lanes. Considerable discussion was held regarding existing City policy; cost share city`s citizen tax base versus individual homeowners and their lateral connections; and the potential for similar problems in areas with aging infrastructure and with simi- lar circumstances.