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Elk River City Council Minutes August 28, 1995 Page 3 e being metes and bounds and the other one being a platted lot. The city will verify that they are combined for zoning purposes. Mayor Duitsman opened the public hearing. Brian Anderson, 21265 Concord Street indicated that the people of Greenhead Acres First Addition do not feel Concord Street is in need of an overlay at this time. Mr. Anderson submitted a petition signed by nineteen of the residents on Concord Street indicating their opposition to the 1995 Street Overlay Project. Streets/Parks Superintendent Phil Hals indicated that the roads in Greenhead Acres First Addition are fifteen years old and are experiencing alligator cracking. He stated that it would be best to overlay the streets now so that they don't deteriorate further with the possibility of having to rebuild them at a higher cost in the future. A resident of Countryside Acres living on Ironton A venue indicated that he was under the impression that the streets in that area were overlayed in 1994 and feels it is not necessary that the streets be overlayed again. Phil Hals indicated that the 1994 overlay of a section of Countryside Acres was merely a patch job to save the roads until a complete overlay could be done in 1995. The City Administrator reviewed the procedure for appealing an assessment. e Joe Nathe, 15238 Adams Street NW, indicated that the roads in Avon Acres have not been touched by the city in fifteen years. He questioned why the taxpayers money isn't put into escrow so that when projects like these are necessary, the money would be available. He indicated that he should be assessed for only one parcel. Randy Seliga, 15322 Edison Street NW, indicated that he has two parcels that are combined into one lot and questioned why he is receiving two assessments. He further indicated that if the Council reduces the Brown's assessments for two lots to one parcel. he feels he should be treated the same. The City Engineer questioned whether Mr. Seliga has two Property ID numbers. Mr. Seliga indicated that he did have two Property ID numbers. It was suggested that he therefore has two parcels of property. There being no further comments, Mayor Duitsman closed the public hearing. Councilmember Dietz indicated that he felt the project should move forward at this time including Concord Street. Councilmember Scheel indicated that she would not be in favor of overlaying Concord Street at this time. e Councilmember Holmgren indicated he felt that the property owners of Greenhead Acres First Addition were taking a dangerous risk by not overlaying Concord Street at this time. He further indicated that there is a chance that the road may need more than an overlay in the future if allowed to wait too long. He further indicated that if the road needs to be rebuilt. it is probable that the assessment will be much higher than the $1,300.