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Cost of aesthetic improvements to street assessed
By Dave Orrick
dorrick@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 12/11/2009 12:19:41 AM CST
Long Her peered at a printed spreadsheet, trying to understand the rows of figures and what they meant for his future.
"That's the total — $4,351.20?" he asked St. Paul Real Estate Manager Bruce Engelbert, who nodded. "Oh, I don't know. ... I don't know that I can afford to pay that this year."
Long Her, owner of New Fashion clothing store at 561 W. University Ave., was among about 40 business and property owners along University who attended a meeting Thursday evening to learn how much they would be assessed to help pay for a city plan to beautify the street and its sidewalks as part of the nearly $1 billion plan to build the Central Corridor light-rail line.
City officials got an earful from the crowd, some of whom oppose the plan to lay tracks down the center of University. Many also accuse city leaders of not looking out for their interests as rising taxes and a lagging economy hammer them.
"They're taxing out the small businesses," said George Younes, owner of clothier Williams Store Inc. at 908 W. University Ave..
The city council has approved a $22.1 million plan to plant trees, upgrade lighting, improve storm water drainage and provide a host of largely aesthetic amenities that aren't covered in the Metropolitan Council-led project's overall budget. The city council has proposed some of that cost — $2.9 million — be paid by property owners along the street.
This week, they released that one-time figure: $54.39 per foot of
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frontage along University. The fee can be paid at once or financed over 20 years with interest. In addition, the plan for twin-lantern-style streetlights will mean businesses will pay an additional annual maintenance fee of $1.70 per frontage foot.
"In the big scheme of things, this assessment is really a petty issue," acknowledged Greg Hynan, who owns a chiropractic clinic in the 400 block of University Avenue. "I gotta pay $54 a foot, that's the least of my worries. My big worries start with: I'm going to lose all my parking."
The Central Corridor will eliminate nearly all street parking along the 6.5-mile section of University Avenue in St. Paul. So far, some $2 million has been set aside to address the parking problem — less than half of what officials estimate is needed. In addition, officials hope to start construction next year to have trains running in 2014. Project planners say they don't have any sort of construction schedule, and the prospect of at least portions of University being torn up for years has left many business owners worried.
On Thursday, the Asian Economic Development Association and the University Avenue Business Association announced they wouldn't support the current streetscape plan until parking and other concerns are addressed.
St. Paul City Council member Russ Stark told the audience that dealing with parking is a priority for him, but the overall construction timeline demanded that the streetscape plan be completed first.
"You guys are in a perfect storm, with the economy and the assessments and the taxes." Stark told the crowd, noting that while many commercial properties are dropping in assessed value, many on University appear to be holding steady or rising, leading tax bills to rise.
Long Her said that when he bought property in 1990, he paid $3,000 in property taxes. "Now, it's $30,000," he said. "And now the assessment."
The Scheme is,
UNION WORK and Kick backs to the Democratic Party --- DFL
8:42 PM
I'm whatching GERONIMO with Jason Patric, Robert Duvall, Gene Hachman, and Hachman was playing General Crook.
Geronimo said to Gen. Crook, Why dose White Eyes need all the land.
Government are the greediest part of our human race.
Take - take and take, no regards for the people.
Gee I am sorry, the white man said that Indian people were not human and they were dogs
Bill,
use your name.
The Democrat choo-choo train has several links to public education.
Neither one will accomplish what it was created to do.
Neither one will serve those it makes that promise to.
Neither one is even a particularly goo thing for those it purports to serve, and in many cases will cause irreparable harm to them.
Both are intended to limit choice and freedom.
Both are in fact engineered to serve the leftist agenda and will be implemented to benefit leftist organizations.
Both are a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars.
Come to think of it, 99.9% of leftist projects, schemes and programs share these same traits.
Boiled down to the essentials, leftists are a boil on the ass of productive, happy societies, a blight on creativity and the lowest common denominator among human beings.
Damn, I'm good...ain't I?
Oh, BTW. Don't try that at home; I'm a trained professional.
Anonymous said... 8:13 AM
Bill,
use your name.
Dude spying from spif put your name on your comments!
These DFLrs are nothing but pigs at the troff. Working people are sick of them freeloading their way through life and trying to soak everyone else to pay for it. I'll be glad when they are out of office again.
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