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City Council Minutes February 4, 2013 Page 4 Councilmember Motin agreed with Councilmember Westgaard's statements and suggested that property owners for this project may be impacted by the possibility of a policy change before this street improvement is approved. Les Lundquist, commercial property owner of K &L Properties, located on Vance St., stated he built and paid for the 650' road and also paid for sewer and water, tar, curb and gutter on the road. He stated there was one layer of tar on the road but was told by the city in 2004 if he sold a lot, that he would pay to complete the road. He stated he pays the city $24,000 per year in property taxes. He doesn't want his properties to be assessed to complete the roads, especially when the roads are not used, and struggles with trying to sell the lots. Mr. Femrite explained this area is one of four in the city in which public improvements need to be completed, having only the wear course applied. The road, built in 2004, had its base course applied, but since then, nothing else has been added and as a result, the pavement is drying out and will continue to deteriorate without the wear course applied. Heidi Adamson, 426 — 31d St., asked if the city would hold off on improvements to this area until a long -term plan was developed. She asked if there were plans to align the roads at the intersection of 3�d Street and Railroad Drive, and wondered if trees would be cut down. She stated she was shocked at the price of the assessment, and felt concerns for the other property owners, noting the number of foreclosures in the neighborhood. Mr. Wedel stated the feasibility report did not address realigning this intersection. Juanita Glen, 18746 Troy Street, near 185th Avenue, expressed concerns with previous assessments to her properties dating back to 1978, outlining amounts but unsure of the reason for the assessments. She was opposed to paying for another assessment. Mr. Femrite explained the previous assessments were to pay for the trunk mains put in place to serve as capacity to that particular property. Jerry Evjen, 13651 —185th Ave., asked for clarification on how many properties are being assessed on 185th Ave., and how many properties actually use the road to get to their homes, stating there are over 70 home owners that use the road to get to their homes but only 11 properties are being assessed for this project. He questioned if the city would force sewer and water services onto property owners. He noted the number of semi -trucks that use this road and questioned the road condition. He stated he is against the improvements and how his assessed cost was calculated. Mr. Wedel explained how the project cost was obtained for his property, which follows current city policy and procedure. Mr. Femrite stated there was no direction from council to request utility services be extended to the properties and wouldn't unless utilities are requested by more than one property owner. Utility improvements in this area include water main looping and storm sewer modifications. He stated the subgrade of the road is concrete from its original use as a trunk highway. He said some of the heaves in the road are the underlying joints in the concrete pavement. Diane Priyatel, 11136 — 190'/2 Ave., agreed with Mr. Stenger's comments regarding the 2007 project and road damaged by heavy trucks traveling on their road. She questioned how