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. . . City Council Meeting July 26, 1993 Page 4 4.5. Consider Purchase Price for 1.3 Acre Extension of Orono Parkway Through the Southeast Corner of the County Fairgrounds The City Administrator stated that the County Board has met and offered to sell a 1.3 acre parcel of property to the City for $7,500, which is slightly more than the $6,500 the City offered to pay. This price is in addition to the special assessments due on the 1.3 acre parcel. He further indicated that the property is being purchased to extend Orono Parkway. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO PURCHASE 1.3 ACRES OF PROPERTY FROM SHERBURNE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING ORONO PARKWAY THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR $7,500. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 3-0-1. Councilmember Holmgren abstained as he is employed by Sherburne County. 4.6. Consider Transient Merchant License to Sell Ice Cream COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO AUTHORIZE A PEDDLERS LICENSE TO JAMES FITCHIE TO SELL ICE CREAM AND POP FROM A VENDING TRUCK. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 8. Public Hearing to Consider Amending the Urban/Rural Taxing District Ratio Lori Johnson, Finance Director, indicated that a public hearing has been called to discuss an ordinance amendment which would change the benefit ratio of the urban/rural taxing districts. She stated the current ratio is .6. Lori Johnson stated that there were numerous commercial and industrial parcels which should have been included in the urban district, but were improperly included in the rural districts during past payable tax calculations. Lori Johnson explained that previous to 1993, the difference between the urban and rural tax rate had been minimal; somewhere between 2.4 and 3.2 points. She stated that in 1993 the difference was 7.438 points and suggested that in an effort to maintain continuity between the difference in the urban and rural taxing districts, the ratio needs to be changed from .6 to approximately .85. She further suggested that the ordinance be worded to include tax ratio changes for future years. Mayor Duitsman opened the public hearing. There being no one for or against the matter, Mayor Duitsman closed the public hearing. Lori Johnson informed the Council that changing the tax ratio does not affect the amount of tax revenues the City receives, but only the way in which the City collects the revenue. COUNCILMEMBER DUITSMAN MOVED TO RESTATING THE BENEFIT RATIO FOR THE FOLLOWS: ADOPT ORDINANCE 93-9, AN ORDINANCE URBAN/RURAL SERVICE DISTRICTS AS .9 FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1994 .95 FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1995