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specifically allows the imposition of franchise fees for the sole purpose of raising <br />revenue, without having to tie those fees to any particular costs or any particular <br />use of the revenue. The revenue generated by the fees can exceed the costs of <br />road repair and maintenance; there are no statutory limits. We are not aware of <br />any legal challenges of the nature you describe. <br />8. Address what sections of the Charter would be impacted by eliminating <br />special assessments and whether any Minnesota statute would limit the <br />Charter Commission's ability to eliminate or limit special assessments via a <br />Charter amendment. <br />The proposed franchise fee ordinance language provides that if fees are adopted, <br />those people with existing assessments will have the assessments rebated to the <br />extent that franchise fees are paid. This provision does not impact the existing <br />Charter language on assessments. <br />If the existing process for imposing assessments is to be modified, that would <br />require changes to Chapter 8 of the Charter. I am not aware of any statute that <br />would limit the Commission's ability to eliminate or limit special assessments. <br />