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Mayor Madsen and Councilmembers otto, Engstrom, Toth and Duitsman all indicated their opposition to assessing farmland in the area for the cost of the rail improvement.. Concensus of the Council was that only areas developed should be assessed for cost of the rail crossing and that areas in active farmland should not be assessed for this improvement. . Mr. Chuck Christian indicated he felt the City was at fault for stopping construction of the access to the north and this was the. reason the. roadway had not been completed. The City Administrator indicated~.14r.Christian that his road construction . practices were somewhat questionable and . that . his activities were illegal and, as such, he was stopped. Nr.Christian in,dicated further he felt the Hinkle property benefited from the. crossing and should be assessed. .. Mr. Bill Herreid asked'the~~ of the City Council if t-he crossing could be closed and the roadway to the north constructed. The City Administrator and the Nayor indicated that it was highly desireable and the requirement of the City that the subdivisions have two means of access for.life sa~ety purposes. Mr. Wally Ohland asked if his use of the original private crossingwoulq be grandfathered into exist-ance so that he may continue to use theprim.e crossing for his own purposes. Mr. Ohland indicated that if his crossing were not to be kept asa private crossing he would have to have access . to his property. in order to bP-. assessed. There being no furthercomrile~~ from .the residents' present, ..MayorMadI3~n declared the public hearing' closed. COUNCIJ':MAN. -$!TO MOVED .APPROVAL OF' RESOLUTION 79-3; ORDERING THE RAILROADOROSSING IMPROVEMENT >TO 'BEOON- STRUCTED AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER Dffo AN AGREEMENT WITH BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD FOR.THECONSTRUCTION-.()".. '!'HE RAIL CROSSING. COUNCIIMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTIO~ .... ,}fOTION'PASSED4-P. Peterson Addition Road I rovementPro ect: The City Engineer, Mr. .Skip McCombs, r.e ewed t eproject co s invo vedin constructing . roads in the Peterson Additien.Total cost of the project is estimated at $99,:320.00 and the construction cost is $82,765.50. Mr. McCombsindifjatedthe per lot costs on this basis would be $:3,547.00 per lot in the Peterson 'Addition. Mayor Madsen declared the public' hearing open for the Peterson-Addition. Road Improvement project. The following pe9ple addressed.the City Council on the project: Mr. James Maplethorpe asked if the road could be extended to the far. west boundary of the plat to service fully his parcel of property. Greg Pederson did not feel the road should. be extended all the way to the end of the flats simply to service an individual parcel. Mr. Phil Casperson asked if as a landowner on the far eastern' portion of Peterson Addition he would be responsible for paying for the road construction linking any future development to the east. The Mayor indicated to '~..Cas- person that that cost of...road construction would .be borne by .whatever..developer built the roads to the east. The. City Administrator suggestedthatthecul-de- sacs in question extend to' the;~,point of the end.lots'm.the .peterson Addition, thereby providing access but not incurring the expense of extending the road . to the far eastern and western' borders of the Peterson Addition. Mr. Greg Pederson asked if the rail crossing could' be constructed and the roads remain gravel in the Peterson Addition. Mayor Madsen. in4iea--tecl ~ felt this might be possible. Councilmember Toth felt. the. blacktopped road had to be constructed as' a requirement of building the public. rail crossing. There being no further comments , COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM MOVED APPROVAL. OF . RESOLU- TION 79-36', ORDERING THE CONSTRUCTION.'9.~~ P.t!j'J}~N ADDITION ROAD. I..~ . 'v~f. COUNCILMAN TOTH SECONDED. THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0. .. COUNCILM.AN . TOTH. ... .... MOVED APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 79-37, ACCEPTING AND AWARDING THEBIDSIN-THE P.ll,l'J5HSON ADDITION TO NnH." INC. elf lNOKA IN THE AMOuNT.OF.$B2,.76;.50... ... COUNClim""DuITSMINsEOO'NDED THE MOTION. MOTION pESED 'H. -.' . .