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. . . City Council Minutes September 28, 1992 Page 4 assessments should be placed on this property. Also, the Keyser property is north of Highway 10 and should only receive trunk assessments and no lateral assessments. 11. Jim Thomas 1536 Main street - Mr. Thomas questioned the City's policy for assessing a corner lot. 12. Jack Klein - Main Street - Mr. Klein had a concern regarding the interest rate being charged. He stated that 7-1/2\ interest was excessive. 13. Twyla O'Keefe 12900 Orono Road Ms. O'Keefe questioned whether they would be assessed in the future for the water tower. 14. Richard Kincanon Mr. Kincanon stated that the assessment costs on his property are hard to justify. He stated that the size of the assessment is a handicap. 15. Dennis Lloyd - Mr. Lloyd questioned the amount of the WAC charge. There being no further comments from the public, Vice Mayor Holmgren closed the public hearing. The City Clerk stated that she had received ten letters of written objection from property owners. The letters she received were from Elroy Cornelius, Ann and Rober Oster, George Larson (Elk River Bowl), Marvin and Yvonne Morvig, Irvin Moldenhauer, Richard Elliott, Joyce Norrell, Bob Oster, Kendall Houlton, and John Plaisted. The letters were entered into the record at this time. Councilmember Kropuenske read a statement which clarified his position on assessing working farms. He stated that he did not feel it was fair to assess working farms as it puts them in a position where they must develop their property, because if they did not develop the property and continued to farm the property, the interest expenses from the project assessment would continue to accrue on the property. Terry Maurer, City Engineer, responded to the questions at this time. 1. Terry Maurer stated that there was a discrepancy in Mr. Elliott's property along Highway 10 and he recommended to reduce the acreage from 1.66 acres to 1.2659 acres. 2. Terry Maurer responded to Mr. Loch by indicating that the City's assessment policy is the only written document that it follows for assessment procedures. 3. Terry Maurer responded to Mr. Moldenhauer by indicating that Mr. Moldenhauer does have the option to develop a portion of his property and put the rest of it into Green Acres as long as it is in compliance with state law. 4. Ms. Smith Terry Maurer stated that the City's plans for the parkway is to have the roadway continue in a westerly alignment to