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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 27, 2016 8 Interim City Administrator and Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson suggested the City Attorney be contacted to see what other options were available to the City to encourage homeowners to pay their utility bills. The motion carried (5-0). 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Approve Night Work Construction Activity Waiver – Lexington Avenue/County Road F Acting Public Works Director Anderson stated the concrete paving that is being placed on Lexington Avenue requires sawing of joints to take place within a short period of time as the concrete begins to cure. Typically, the joints need to be sawed within a 6- to 12-hour window and that occurs the night following the paving operations. City ordinance does not allow work to take place between the hours of 9:00 PM and 7:00 AM. City ordinance does allow for a waiver to the Ordinance to allow night time operations. Acting Public Works Director Anderson explained C.S. McCrossan, the Lexington Avenue/ County Road F contractor, has applied for a waiver to perform night time work following their concrete paving operations. Concrete paving operations will fall into two primary times, the first being the southbound lanes of Lexington Avenue which is planned to begin the week of June 20 and take roughly 10 days. The second paving operation would be the northbound lanes which are expected to take 10 days and occur sometime in late July or early August. County Road F is paved with bituminous pavement and the sawing operations would be limited to Lexington Avenue. Acting Public Works Director Anderson stated staff prepared a notice and mailed it to all Arden Hills properties within 500 feet of the construction limits. The only residential property within this area is the apartments on County Road F which are a substantial distance from the location of the actual work on Lexington Avenue. As of the preparation of this memo, City staff has received no comments from the properties notified. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember McClung seconded a motion to Approve the Night Time Construction Activity Waiver for the Lexington Avenue/County Road F project for overnight concrete sawing. The motion carried (5-0). B. Planning Case 16-015 – 1494 Keithson Drive - Variance City Planner Streff stated the property at 1494 Keithson Drive was developed by Pulte Homes as part of the Fox Ridge subdivision approved by the City in 2011. The lot area measures 32,736 square feet; however, a wetland area covers a large portion of the lot and limits the area that can be developed. As part of the subdivision approval, Pulte was required to dedicate a drainage and utility easement that covers the wetland and a five-foot buffer along the wetland’s edge. The City Code restricts the placement of any structures within a drainage and utility easement. The property also includes a public walking path that traverses the lot on the south side of the existing house connecting Keithson Drive to the City trail that runs between the Fox Ridge subdivision and the