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. . .e . . . . I I .e . I I I I I I Ie I Arden Hills Council 7 May 23, 1994 Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the loss of trees can happen any place. Regarding the pumping of water, the City needs to keep updated on this issue. She believes that the City has a systematic plan for street improvements and needs to go ahead for the sake of all of Arden Hills. Councilmember Malone stated that he believes that maintaining the infrastructure is a very important use of funds in Arden Hills. He believes that funds should be leveraged in addition to take advantage of the market. At this time, good bids have been received; whereas, in the future, this may not be the case. He stated he is torn on the Dunlap issue. Some people want it. He believes it would be wrong to take this out of the long term program; in addition to that, the prices will probably increase in the future. Councilmember Malone stated that he has similar beliefs regarding Amble Drive. Much of the objection is to the assessment, i.e., asking the City to share more in the cost; however, this does not speak to the problem itself. Some of previous city street surfaces are not to today's standards. There are finite number of dollars to be spent on infra-structure. The City does the best possible job. Councilmember Malone added that the Keithson issue is the result of digging for water and sewer pipes after the surface was done. This road's compaction has now improved, based on testing from an outside firm. It is important to keep the sub-base in place by doing the recycling to preserve the base. Councilmember Hicks agreed. He had a concern with Dunlap. The two or three people concerned do have the right to expect the road to be kept in an acceptable manner. He stated that if this street is dropped, the other street improvement costs may have to be reevaluated and re-bid, which could affect timelines for all of the projects.