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'1?Jw 13u'. fd4x.-- - . ....._..0. 17 b:t9;{ ssessmenf roles settled or Keithson Pond project . . Home owners will pay $375 to $1,500 . 1..II!gi~1 ;;11 !I problem. SEH, along with being the city1s consulting engineer, was also under contract with Eibensteiner's fIrm at the time. by Mark Engebretsen Last year a Rice Creek Watershed Keithson Drive residents soon will get official admitted that an oversight relief for their flooded lawns, but they'll occurred in the agency's handling of the have to pay for that comfort ~ some drainage plans for the Keithson Drive more than others. development . Lastweek the. Arden Hills City According to Cathy !ago; interim city COlincilapproved the Keithson .Pond ~ administrator, the city is still negotiating assessment role for the $62,000 project. with Eibensteiner and SEH to recoup The cOrlstruction itself will costabout~ some of its costs.for the drainage $35,000; and will involve building an improvement . . . outlet from the drainage pond on , Keithson Drive and laying' a drainage THE COUNCIL ALSO: pipe from the pond into neighboring . Approved a one-year developm~ht property. Easement COSts will run about moratorium fot'the city. According..to $17,000, and legal and design costs' Mayor Tom Sather, the city want{~lo ~er$Il,Ooo. Construction should implement its new zoning code prio,,~to . in two to four weeks. allowing any new development. Samer Four property owners will be assessed said .the new code should be before.~e $1,500, seven will bebilled $750, and city's planning commission in abouJ; a one will be assessed $375 for the project month. The moratorium will be lifted I The oouncil assessed.the properties based after the zoning code is in place, he said. on benefIt and on the amount of nmoff . Awarded $800 to Francis PodIasek, eaCh propertyoon1rlbutts to the pOnd. 4410 N. Snelling Ave., for the regrading of his driveway. PodIasek has accused the 'fHE DRAIIilAGEproblemwas not city of changing the grade oChis T Properlyljddressedllt ~the time the area driveway during last year's reconsuuction WaS developed, abotitthreti to four years of North Snelling. He said the grade was Any volunteers? ago, manY Keithson Drive residents have too steep and he ;1sked for $2,24q .to argued. 'fhey blame the city,thedty's . make the grade level. The city cou1l,Cil f~rrpere~glnt;t'r, the deve.lo~r~~the ~ justified the lower amount by .saying .\!Iat AH seeks water testers RIce Creek. Watershed D,strIct for.the' much of the .work Podlasek was problem: . . . requesting was for landscaping and pot. The Arden Hills Public Works Depamnent The developer, Marcel Eibensteiner, regrading. Also, Council Member Paul is seeking assistance from residents who would has gone 00 record assaying he will not Malone pointed out that the problem like a free water sample taken from their pay for arty improvement. He blames the ~ could have been solved last year for only homes. city.'s former engineering firm, Short,. $376. PodJaseksaid he wasn't satisfIed The water depamnent is required to take 40 Elliott aIld Hendrickson (SEH), for the with the cily's proposal last year. . samples oil an annual basis from various residential locations to test for lead. Volunteers , are needed to participate in this program. Call the Arden Hills Water Deparunent at 633-4443 between 7 a.m, and 3:30 p.m. for more information or to volunteer for the testing ~~. '......y . (!~..~ . .. It 7/dllq~