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City Assessor to Discuss Residential Valuation Made in 1981 for 1982~ The consensus of the council was to table this until the next regular council meeting. Mayor Gamec said on the ?th of November 1980, there would be an all-day meeting at Shakopee in regards to the State Aid situation and the drafting of legislation and City Attorney Goodrich would be attending. He suggested the city ask that the grandfather clause for State Aids be done with. Motion by Councilman Cox and seconded by Councilman Sorteberg to adopt Resolution #80- 147 regarding the grandfather clause in State Aid Program to be sent to ~he Governor. Motion carried. Voting yes-Mayor Gamec, Councilman Sorteberg, Reimann, Mickelson and Cox. Voting no-None. Please refer to resolution file for Resolution #80- 147. 6) Chapter 4£9 Special Assessment Procedure for New Plats City Administrator Schnelle said the residential areas should be included in the special assessment procedure. If the city treats it like the industrial, it can get it done and get it out of the way. If the city is going to have control of industrial areas, it should apply it to all areas. The city doesn't have to do every project that comes up, but the council has to turn them down for a reason. It would give the citizen a chance to buy a lot now days. Mayor Gamec said the council is looking at giving the industrial the breaks because it is their taxes that are going up and the residential taxes have been going down. City Administrator Schnelle noted that if default in assessment payments, City will end up picking up payments, but also will end up owning the land. A special provision will have to be written in agreement to establish some safeguards. Mayor Gamec said he was worried about when sewer & water comes in. There would be an assessment for development, then a sewer & water assessment. This would be a double assessment, one on top of the other. If the city waits until sewer & water come in, then all could be under one project at a lower interest rate. City Administrator Schnelle suggested letting them put in Class V streets and then go to blacktop when sewer comes in. Much discussion was held on this issue. Councilman Cox suggested at least reducing the road requirement in commercial and industrial areas. Councilman Sorteberg noted that some areas are not going to have sewer & water for 20 to 30 years. City Administrator Schnelle recommended doing it on an individual basis and drafting a finding of fact on each. Councilman Cox and Councilman Sorteberg agreed to work with EDC and come back with recommendations to the City Council. C/October 28, 1980 Page 7