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I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I PROCEEDINGS OF CITY fDUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA OOUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council oonducted a public hearing on Tuesday, April 9, 1985 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota zegarding Sealcoating Improvement Project ~85-7, Gorham's Sandy Acres. Members Present: Mayor Gary Heitman Councilm~nber Jean Schlueter Councilm~nber A1 Sorteberg Councilmeaber Arnie Cox Councilm~mber Gary Reimann Also Present: City Administrator Lloyd Schnelle Director of Technical Services Clayton Berg City Attorney Goodrich Larry Koshak of }{akanson/Anderson Engineering Reporter Angela Flint C.25,LL ~ ORDER Mayor Heitman called the public bearing to order at 8:11 p.m. PRESENTATION BY ENGINEER Mr. Larry Koshak gave a slide presentation of Sealcoating Improv~ent Project ~85-7 shying affected area and estimated total and per unit costs. CITIZEN II. UT Les Martens - 6956 161st Lane - Noted that the engineer's presentation referred to a 1/2 unit assessment and inquired what it meant. Mr. Schnelle - Replied that the property in question has two entrances and receives one assessment for his main ingress/egress and a 1/2 assessment for the seoondary ingress/egress onto another street. Les Martens - Irguired as to the reasons for differences in assessing methods, i.e., unit, 1/2 unit, and front footage. Les Martens stated that his area is being assessed on a per unit basis; there are various sizes of parcels in his area and maybe it would have been more fair to assess on a front footage basis in his area also. Mayor Heitman - Stated that Les Martens area is platted and pointed out that unit does not refer to dwellings, it refers to platted lots. Councilme~ber Cox referred to the 1/2 unit assessment in this project area and stated that he recalls that this property owner's access is onto an MSA road, which is paid for with MSA funds, but based on the fact that there is some April 9, 1985 Page 1 of 3