Minutes - Council - 07/25/1978 - Public Hearings

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PUBLIC HEAR17~G/7-25-78 Street Improvement Whispering Pines Estates PUBLIC HFARZ~IG CITY OF RAMSEY COUNTY OF ANOF~ STATE CF MINNESOTA PursuarJt to due call and notice %hereof, the Damsey City Coumcil held a p~_b].ic hearing on July 25, 1978~ m.t P~msey Nunicipal Center~ 1 5153 No~hen Bou]~evar5 N.Wo, Ramsey, I~ 55303 ]~esent: Mayor Cox Council.man Gamec Cou~ cil'man Mickelson Coumcilmsn Muller Councilman Reimann Also Present: Attorney Goodrich Engineer Sha dm~.nz~tra oor Schnelle Mayor Coy. cra!led the public hearing to order at 7:50 p.m. and led 'the P].ed£.~e of. Allegiance to the I~.ag. Meyer Co~ anuo~.ced 'the purpose of the public hearing is to consider a s greet improvement for Whispering Pines Estates and 'this hearing is For :imput from property owners in Whispering Pines Estates in regard 'to the improvement o ]'.ir. Sba ;m'esented the feasibility study. The total cost cfi the im~urove.me~:t'- :ii,115,000; total units, ~3~ cost per unit, ~O17.70; over a ten year period- armual cost :i~Z~.90 and over a 15 year period - annual cost ~111.73. Citizen Input A resident of Whi~pering Pines asked if they have a choice to ~ay the assessment or hsve it put on 'tax roles and can it be paid in ps. rt. '[,2TM. Sba sa:~_r[~ most cotmties will give you an opportunity to ps.y i~ psrto He explained the bonding procedure. ~.~r. r~amser asked how long it will be before ohe r~' ~- ..... ~zuy gets water and sewer° M~. Sha ss-id between 15 to 20 years. He explained the CAB interceptor and ss'id it would depend somewhat on the ki-ed of problems created by ground water pollutio~, ebc. i,t~. Davis asked what is projected to be incurred in taxes for maintaining the roads° ,.m'yor Coy. replied that the City does not ~_n'0ena to budget anything for main'lmining roads. A resident who ].ives in the cul de sac on 154th Ave said all the water settles :i.n the middle of th.e ares, won't the road have to be built up to equal out the prohI em. J"h'. Obs. replied that this project will not solve drainage problems° The :road ~.~ilt be raised 4 to 5 inches with the project. Pat ~ ~" ~:aro.~.n asked when they could plan on having the streets in.