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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 2 Mayor Grant understood that Mr. Wenzel had a list of concerns at his property. He reported that he was interested in meeting Mr. Wenzel’s needs at this time. He requested comment from staff regarding the property at 1931 Noble Road. Public Works Director Maurer discussed the status of the property at 1931 Noble Road. He explained he met with Mr. Wenzel after the last City Council meeting and did not feel it was necessary to bring the project superintendent. He recalled that there were three issues of concern, with the first being the small area of bituminous base that is rutted near the stop sign. He explained that the pavement had been marked and would be corrected before the final lift was placed on the roadway. He reported that the invisible fencing issue had been resolved by the time he visited the property as the contractor had told Mr. Wenzel to have it repaired and the contractor (Valley Paving) would pay the bill. There was one area of concern still on the property which is turf issues. He indicated that Assistant City Engineer Anderson met with Mr. Wenzel and reported that when the turf contractor was onsite he would meet with Mr. Wenzel to address the grading and soil concerns. Mr. Wenzel discussed the number of his neighbors that have concerns with the street improvement project. He did not believe that the base was prepared correctly which has caused cracks to form already in the roadway surface. He did not want to see a patch simply put over the cracking at the stop sign, but rather wanted the subsurface issues to be addressed. Public Works Director Maurer explained that the area needing repair near the stop sign would be dug up, the base would be addressed and a patch would be placed over the surface prior to the wear course being put in place. 3. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS A. Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Update Ramsey County Sheriff Bostrom thanked the Council for their time. He provided an update on the activity taking place in the County. He discussed the positive outcomes from the Coffee with the Cop program that was being held on a monthly basis with Deputy Officers. He provided comment on how the Sheriff’s Department was working to address drug issues within the County. He noted two forums would be held in the County to address this matter. The first forum would be held on October 8th at North High School and the second would be held on October ____ from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mounds View High School. A prescription drug collection would be held at both events to encourage residents to clean out their medicine cabinets. Ramsey County Sheriff Bostrom stated another important issue within his department was the vision for policing in America. He explained the Sheriffs in Minnesota would be taking input regarding what was going well, what needed work and how the community could become involved in policing. He reported he would be coming back to the City to gain input regarding these matters and would also be holding some Town Hall meetings to gather feedback from the community. Ramsey County Sheriff Bostrom discussed the presentencing detention system in place within Ramsey County. He was pleased to report that email was now being offered for inmates which