[Winona Online Democracy]
Subject: Proposed Street Reconstruction Program.-- I feel that if you
already have curb and gutter that you should not be assessed for the
reconstruction and I think there is support on the council for this view.
However you would be assessed for waterline replacement on your property if
you want it or if it is 60 years old or if it is galvanized pipe. I also
feel that if we do go ahead with this program and implement the $500,000.00
levy increase to fund it and down the line we go after and get alternate
funding such as a sales tax we should also get the opportunity to vote on
decreasing the levy by up to the $500,000.00 amount. This could be
accomplished by a vote of the people or by a vote of the city council with
required public hearings. I think there would be support on the council for
this view.------Jerry
Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: Cherisa Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Winona] Response to the mayor's question
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
>
> I disagree with making the home owner pay a larger share for street
> construction in front of their home (or for that matter, paying for the
cost
> of repairing the sidewalk in front of their home). It absolutely does not
> add to the resale value of your home, and good grief, it's a PUBLIC street
> and a PUBLIC sidewalk- right?
>
> Cherisa Templeton
>
> >From: Ed Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [Winona] Response to the mayor's question
> >Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:29:59 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >[Winona Online Democracy]
> >
> >At 11:12 PM 8/29/00 -0700, Wendy D. wrote:
> > >I think it would be asking a lot of a homeowner to cover the full cost
of
> > >repairing the street in front of her home. Seems fair to charge a
> >percentage
> > >to her. If there were other ways to charge which would ask the
supposed
> >users
> > >to pay, that would seem more fair. An extension of the sales tax
beyond
> > >dredging to pay a portion would be fine with me.
> > >The proposal to extend Bundy Blvd north seems good to me. How to pay
for
> >it?
> > >My first impulse was to ask Corey to pay a chunk. Maybe he could pay
for
> >some
> > >of the hidden costs as well, like for the unemployment checks to the
> >Tri-Mac,
> > >UBC, and Fleet Farm workers who earn a living wage right now (sarcastic
> > >humor).
> >
> >
> > Let's be careful not to confuse residential streets with those
serving
> >commercial purposes. Both provide benefit to the community as a whole,
and
> >thus the costs should be borne to some extent by the entire community
> >through taxes.
> >
> > However, street improvements leading into a commercial or industrial
> >area
> >(e.g. extension of Bundy Blvd. north of Hwy 61) also provide a specific
> >economic benefit to those businesses, so it seems reasonable that they
> >should be asked to pick up a larger piece of the cost. This is rarely
the
> >case, in contrast, for improvements to residential streets (e.g. Wabasha
> >street near WSU) unless they are just being put in or have really been
> >allowed to deteriorate. Only in the minds of city planners and tax
> >assessors (who claim street improvements increase the value of a house,
> >even
> >though you can't actually sell it for any more than you could before) is
> >this seen as a benefit to the homeowner. For far too many people, street
> >improvements lead primarily to increased traffic, noise, and dirt.
> >
> > Let me play devil's advocate here (yes, I know there are holes in
this
> >reasoning, but it makes for good discussion): if the street in front of
> >your
> >house is used 99% by other people and only 1% by you, should you be
> >expected
> >to pay more than 1% of its upkeep through specific assessments in
addition
> >to the taxes you already pay for the "community" part mentioned above?
> >
> >Ed Thompson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Ed's witty saying for this week:
> >If it's called "tourist season", why can't we shoot them?
> >
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