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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MIl\LJTES :v!ARCH 25, 2002 5 . Councilmember Larson stated he believed thc City needed to do a better job with following up on seal coating after making improvements. He indicated some streets had not been seal coatcd. He also indicated thcy nceded to be sensitive to property owners on comcr lots due to assessment Issues. John Tholen, 1143 Waldon Placc, statcd he believed they should just overlay both of the cul-de- sacs. He indicated he did not believe they were in bad condition. He stated Benton Way should be seal coatcd if they were doing anything. He stated there were two cul-de-sacs with minimal housing, and they only had garbagc tmcks on the street. . Cliff Bujold, 1134 Hunters Court, stated in 1995 when the Council cntcrtaincd thc possibilities of doing street overlays of Benton Way thcre were rcsidcnts from Hunters Court and Waldon Placc who had asked for the streets to also be overlaid, but were denied. He stated the residents had not bccn heard. He indicated if the overlay had occulTed in 1995, they would not bc here today. He statcd he was concemed about damage to Bcnton Way if there were heavy trucks going over Benton Way to get to thc cul-dc-sacs. He stated there may be a lot of damage to Bcnton Way with the truck traffic. He stated he believed this City also necdcd to have an established strcct maintenance program. He indicated hc bclieved Council operated in a crisis management mode when it comes to street maintenance. He believed the overlay would allow thc resident's time until Benton Way needed to be reconstructed. He askcd that the City do the whole neighborhood at one time. He stated he belicved an overlay was best at this time, until the entire neighborhood could be reconstmcted. He urged Council to also seal-coat Benton Way at this time. Gary Drewa, 1141 Hunters Court, stated if a reconstruction of Waldon Place and H Lmtcrs COutt is done, the rcsidcnts would bc displaced for three months, and if they waited to do Benton Way at a future time, they would be displaced again because they could not reach their cul-de-sacs whcn Benton 'Nay was under reconstruction. Council member Grant asked for the estimate of the ovcrlay. The City Engineer replied it was about $40,000 - $50,000 combined, with 5195,000 for reconstruction, both including engineering and contractor costs. Councilmember Rem stated one of the resident's concerns at the public meeting was her family had just contracted to put an addition to their house this summer, wbich would lead to more traffic and if they had received morc noticc, they would have changed their plans. She stated the residents would appreciate more notice for proj ects such as these. The City Engineer stated the disturbance where therc was actual din and dust would bc 3-4 wceks. The rcsidents would not be displaced for three months. He stat cd thcre were certainly inconveniences, but the residents would always be able to gct to their driveways. . Councilmember Aplikowski asked if it was okay with the residents in attendance at tonight's meeting to essentially be assessed twice if they did thc overlay and then did the reconstmction at a future date. The residents in attendance at tonight's meeting stated thcy were in support of this approach.