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2014 Pavement Management Project underway by Susan Cathey T he 2014 Pavement Management Proj fected areas. Flyers were also sent out. At Construction is scheduled for summer of - ect (PMP) is underway. Improvements this Council meeting, Kristie Elfering of will be made to Round Lake Road from Elfering and Associates and Public Works done in 2015 following one season of the south of Highway 96 to Gateway Bou Director Terry Maurer presented informafreeze-thaw cycle. - - levard and to two culs-de-sac, Gateway tion from the feasibility study, outlined the Court and Gateway Boulevard. Improve process to be followed and answered ques - - ments to the Round Lake Road area have tions. Following the hearing, the Council been reviewed and discussed since the late discussed and then passed two resolutions, 1990s, but for various reasons, plans did one ordering the improvements to be made not progress beyond the study phase. and the other approving the plans and ordering the advertisement for bids. Reconstruction of Round Lake Road The City Council hired Elfering and As - sociates last summer to prepare a new The estimated cost of the project is Mill and overlay for the Gateway feasibility report, which was received $2,016,305. This will be funded Court and Gateway Boulevard culs- and approved by the Council at by a combination of assess de-sac - its December 9, 2013, meeting. Lighting At that time, the Council also properties, the Water Util Trunk watermain installation - ity Fund, the Surface Water Storm sewer upgrades for the project to go forward. - ment Financing, Municipal State A public hearing on the PMP was held dur Aid and/or Permanent Improvement - ing the City Council meeting on January Revolving funds. An assessment hearing 27. Prior to the hearing, an informational will be held after the bids are received, meeting was held on December 9 to gather probably in May, to give property owners input from owners and tenants in the af an opportunity for input. input from owners and tenants in the af- input from owners and tenants in the af Goodwill store proposal denied T by Susan Cathey he Friends of the Parks and Trails T of St. Paul and Ramsey County is A made to improve access to the parking n addition to the development at 1201 holding its annual tree and shrub sale. area and internal site operations. The Plan County Road E, which now includes - ning Commission recommended approval the e-Street Flats apartments and a con - of the PUD amendment. nected retail space, was proposed by the yard or donate some to be planted in an owner TAT Properties, LLC, and was con - Arden Hills park. sidered and rejected by the City Council at - pressed concern over the size of the its January 27 meeting. The new building Eight types of trees are available for would have been leased on a long-term ba - They reminded the developer that they sis to Goodwill Industries for a retail store available for $15-$20. had brought up these same concerns at a and donation site of almost 18,000 square November work session and did not feel feet. The original Development Agree - Orders must be placed by April 18 at changes had been made addressing these ment, approved in December of 2012, www.friendsoftheparks.org. problems. Council noted that the building was attractive and recognized that efforts required a separate land use application for Orders to take home must be picked up had been made to conform to B-2 stan development of the eastern two acres on - at the Ramsey County Parks Garage in Maplewood or the Highland Park Pavil against the development. and County Road E. - ion in St. Paul on Satur - day, May 3 between 9 The requested Planned Unit Develop - a.m. and 1 p.m. ment (PUD) amendment was discussed at a Planning Commission meeting on January 8, 2014. The proposed building meets the zoning, design, and landscaping requirements for the B-2 District in which completed and a few suggestions were 5