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Minutes of the Regular ~Cil Meeting, August 10, 1987 ~ Page 3 . HAMLINE (Cont'd) Mayor Woodburn advised that funds are available in the PIR fund; the Clerk Administrator agreed, however, she noted the fund would be considerably depleted, Mayor Woodburn stated the monies would be returned as assessments for other projects are paid over the next few years. He noted that typically the Village has used the PIR funds when available; when other streets are in need of repair, such as Snelling Avenue North (which will not receive HSA funds) the Village would be unable to fund the project because the PIR funds would be unavailable. Council concurred that this is an unusual situation, with the townhouses on one side of Hamline Avenue and due to the fact it is more a major arterial road, rather than a residential street, they preferred not to assess the property owners for this improvement. It was noted in order' to assess, a minimum of 20% of the total cost would need to be assessed. Moved by Peck, seconded by Winiecki, that Council deny Resolution No. 87-47, CALLING FOR HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVEMENT 'NO. P-85-3, HAMLINE AVE. (PHASE I AND PHASE II), and, furthermore, that the assessment costs be paid by the City from the PIR funds available. ~ Moved by Hansen, seconded by Peck, that Council amend the motion by deletion of the following verbiage: "and, furthermore, that the assessment costs be paid by the City from the PIR funds available". Amendment -to motion carried unanimously. (4-0) Original motion as amended carried unanimously. (4-0) PAVEMENT MGMT STUDY Council was advised by Engineer Peters that the Pavement Management Study would be completed in one week and questioned if Council would like to have a workshop session to discuss establishing an assessment policy for street reconstruction. There was discussion relative to referring this matter to the Finance Committee for thei~ review and recommendation for establishing an assessment policy. After discussion, Council concurred that they would prefer to study the assessment policy issue with full Council, after review of the Pavement Management Study. It was the general consensus of the Council that a workshop session should be held. REPORT OF PLANNER CASE #87-25; PKING. LOT EXPANSION. MSI INS.. 2 PINE TREE Council was referred to Planner's report of 7/13/87 and Planning Commission minutes (8-5-87) recommending approval of the amended site plan for parking lot expansion with conditions. . A representative of MSI Insurance presented a landscape plan which intensified the plantings in the parking lot area, as recommended by Planning Commission in their minutes of 8/5/87. Councilmember Peck referred to the letter from MSI, dated 8-6-87, relative to permission for employees to park on Pine Tree during the construction period of 3-5 weeks; he questioned if the street width would accommodate emergency vehicles if the employees were parked on both sides of Pine Tree Drive. Council discussed referral of the parking matter to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office and the Fire Chief so they could determine the impact of the vehicles parking on Pine Tree Drive. Winiecki questioned if the applicant had explored the option of the employees parking along the entrance road to the parking lot area; she also questioned if the ponding area would be disturbed by the construction. The applicant advised they would explore the suggestion for parking of Councilmember Winiecki. . Planner Miller stated that the ponding area would not be disturbed; there will be a relatively small amount of additional drainage and the applicant advised a safety factor has been built in and would not require enlargement of the ponds.