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. . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, PAVEMENT MAGEMENT MEETING JUNE 25, 2001 6:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDEWROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the special City Council meeting at 6:33 p.m. Present: Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, David Grant, Gregg Larson, Lois Rem, City Administrator Joe Lynch, City Engineer Greg Brown, BRW, Interim Public Works Director and Parks & Recreation Director Thomas Moore, and Recording Secretary, Nancy Czajkowski.. Absent: None. DISSCUSSION Mr. Lynch explained the Public Improvement process and noted they would have to start the neighborhood meetings next month in order to have a street project this year. He noted Council could possibly do a smaller project. Councilmember Larson noted he was not in favor of a small project since they would still need to come to a consensus on the issues. Councilmember Grant concurred and noted the issue should be, "do they need to do project?" Discussion followed on the particular smaller projects that might be possible. Mayor Probst noted the issue goes back to a neighborhood approach versus a worst first approach. Councilmember Rem noted one of the significant factors to consider would be to avoid leaving a cul-de-sac off a main street to be completed later, which by redoing would damage the work done on the main street. Councilmember Grant asked if they could divide neighborhoods into smaller pieces, so they could do the worst first, without land locking them or doing some roads prematurely. He noted good judgment, planning and good engineering was needed. He added they should consider how much variability there was from the worst road to the best road. Councilmember Rem stated they need to first discuss standards to be agreed on before discussion of PC I ratings and drainage issues. Councilmember Larson concurred with Councilmember Rem and noted they had to look at all of the factors. He stated they needed to decide on the important criteria and then exercise good judgment. Councilmember Grant agreed that there needs to be an objective set of criteria to go by and they need to inform the neighborhoods.