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a-1 t GlTYof ORONO Municipal Offices Street Address: 2750 Kelley ParKway Orono. MN 55356 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 0066 March 31,1999 Joel A. '^eltz, Attorney At Law Southdale Office Center 6600 France Avenue South - Suite 425 Miruieapolis, MN 55435 VIA FACSIMILE & U.S. MAIL Re: North Arm Lane Dear Mr. Seitz: Thank you for your letter of March 12 proposing a resolution of the North Arm Lane issue. I think we are close to an agreement, with a few minor points to resolve, as follows: 1.The City \sill agree to pay $2,500 of the $5,000 sum, and the purchaser of the new Haglund lot, Dave Supprell, has verbally indicated he will pay the remaining $2,500. 2. The City will agree to continue plowing the road all the way to the existing farmhouse without cost to the Armstrongs as it has in the past. 3.The City will agree to dedicate (declare) the road as a public roadway. North Arm Lane will continue to be maintained by the City as a public road. No charges will be assessed against the Armstrong property for normal road maintenance or repair. Joel, we are struggling with the issue of future road upgrades not being assessed to the Armstrong property as a benefitting property. While the City at this time has no plan to upgrade North Arm Lane to a paved status, nor to do other improvements for drainage or what have you, and while there is no hue and cry from the neighborhood to upgrade it, the City would have to respond if the neighborhood wanted it upgraded and petitioned for such an upgrade. If such an upgrade was costly enough to warrant a special assessment project, then we would normally assess all benefitting abutting properties, which would logically include the Armstrong property. To not assess the Armstrongs for such a project, when the rest of the benefitting neighbors would be assessed, would be difficult to justify to the rest of the neighbors. Telephone (612) 473-7357 • FAX 473-0510