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T`he City af Pequot I.a.kes Sno� Wlu�in� I'ulic� �taic:s.'" "Che C'it� af Yequ�t L.al:es bc:tie�es that is it in the b�st interest of the resi�ents fc�r thr cit� tc�assume hasic re5punsihilih- for ccmtrol of snow and ice on city streets. Reasonable ice and sna�� remo�al is necessar� ii�r routine travel and emergenc�- sen�ices. The City will provide sueh control in �+ satt and c<�st�t'tccti�e manner. keeping in mind safety�. budget. personnel and environm�ntal c�}ncerns." tiinre u�ilJlifc l�r��il has residents, schc�l buses, service vehicles. police and emergenc< <ehicl�s usi�i��ttie road. shc�uldn't the cit� he cone�.rned for the safety af travel on�Jildlife Trail as witli an� nurnl�il cit� street'' The amended Annexation (�rdinanct tio. 1�-{!� stat�s t}iai the rural ciistrict receiti�es the samc� sen�ices that the urban district receives. (�ee }:zhihit J.1 �:�en tlu�u;�h the taxe� ��ere eyualized. Vdildlite Trail residents do not receive an}�road s�r�icc� c�en th��u�h Sluetter Road Joes recei�e road services. Benefits due to Taxation: For 2017 the Pequot I.akes Cit�� "1 a� l.e�� a:�l.�t)7.��(.) and the amount sp�m on citti�streets is $404,020, see Exhibit I.. This equates to a ��°�� propt�rtion of the T'ax Le��. The residents of Wildlife "I�rail dc� n�t he►7ciit fram tli< '�"`o propvrti+�n �f�ta� levy� for raad maintenance even though Wildlife Trail mcets th�definition c�t'a Cit� Roaciitias and Cit}� Street After tax equalizatian, Wildlife -I'rail, merting thr cictinitic�n r�t�i cit} street and raadway, see Pequat Lakes City Cade 1-1.2 #17, �19 anci 17-3.' � 2�6, shouid he grt�nted the same level of access maintenance and safety maintenance dc�llar5 f'rc�rn the ta�: le��}•as deemec� necessar�'on Siuetter Raad ar other gra.vel roads named as city streets. Clasing Ar�uments• Wildlife Tr�aii meets all the same rcquirc:mc:nts tor a cit� street as Sluetter Raad or an�� other gravel road maintained by the city. T'his in�ludes the t��ll��-in��: c Detinition of a Road�ti a�� and Street o Dedication tur Public utie o Similar and in most cases su�erior constructio» requirements to other gravel roads maintained bv the cit�. o Similar taa bas� for th� resicients alang tlie r<�a�l o Same access requircments and sufetv rcquiremcnts tc� prc�tect the residents of the cit�� u.sing the road The City of Pequat Lal:es must accept the retiponsibilit} �>f,r►aintaining the city� street. Wildlife Trail.per the city eode and annexation requiremem�. Wildlife Trai] should he maintaincd tu the samc maintenance rc:quirements as pravided on North Sluetter Road or other�avel roads maintain�ci b� the cit�. T'here may be some that would argue that the acce�iance nf thi4 res�onsibility ��ould eventually lead to the requirement for pa��ing Wildlife"f'rail and Sluetter road as «�ell as an�� other unpaved streets in the cii}°. There is a concern about the ta�+ bur�lrn thdt this ��c�ule� �lace on the c�t��. According to the plannin�, and zoning requirements, imprcn�in� a strc:et ur ruad �tiithin the cit�� ould be the financial responsibilit� of the residents served by that road ur ,tr�et thrc�u�h as�c�sment, so there is no argument that this would impact the city from a financial persp�c�i�r.