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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - MAY 21, 2001 5 Council agenda on the consent calendar. . Discussion was held regarding recognition of in-kind contributions from area businesses and volunteers (i.e., Holiday Inn's use of their facility for the February kick-off event). Public Works Department Pavement Mana2ement Plan (PMP) Each Councilmember made comments regarding the City's existing PMP and potential revisions. Councilmember Aplikowski was of the opinion that we should go forward with the City's current PMP and was not opposed to returning to a partial project in the Ingerson neighborhood. She suggested that, in the future, the Council might wish to publicly inform a respective neighborhood two (2) years in advance of the actual project. She stated that she was not in favor of raingardens with the City's soil structure; preferred curb and gutter installations, and would prefer a surmountable curb rather than no curb at all. She mentioned Hamline Avenue North and Carlton Drive as priorities for reconstruction. . Councilmember Larson stated the Council needed to determine whether to perform street maintenance and reconstruction in small segments, or in a more comprehensive way, particularly in older portions of the community. He stated that, while it meant more intense work, the Council needed to be committed, no matter what public sentiment, to the overall benefit to the community, and define that commitment in its Assessment Policy. . Councilmember Grant reiterated Councilmember Aplikowski's comments on the need for advance notification and discussion with the residents regarding any potential project and the need for the Council to establish the amount of flexibility prior to initiating the project. He also stated that the Council needed to establish thresholds for the pavement management index; publish those indexes; and put the entire package together prior to meeting with the public. Councilmember Grant stated he is against premature removal of road surfaces. Councilmember Grant stated that there were some roads in the community that were very bad, but we tended to turn a blind eye to them due to lack of assessment potential. Councilmember Grant suggested that the consulting engineer present several options (i.e., neighborhood A and/or B) rather than staff being the driving force in recommendations. Councilmember Grant was not in favor of Siems Court reconstruction, and didn't feel the necessity to go back into the Ingerson neighborhood to prove we were right and they were wrong. He further agreed that the Council needed to be of one mind prior to the initiation of any project, and perhaps should consider a two (2) year program, and preferred a "worst first" scenarIO .