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<br /> . Arden Hills. Councilmember Malone stated that he <br /> believes that maintaining the infra-structure is a very <br /> important use of funds in Arden Hills. He believes that <br /> funds should be leveraged in addition to the market. At <br /> this time, good bids have been received; whereas, in the <br /> future, this may not be the case. He stated he is torn <br /> on the Dunlap issue. Some people want it. He believes <br /> it would be wrong to take this out of the long term <br /> program; in addition to that, the prices will probably <br /> increase in the future. <br /> Malone has similar beliefs regarding Amble Drive. Much <br /> of the objection is to the assessment, i .8. I asking the <br /> City to share more in the cost; however, this does not <br /> speak to the problem itself. Some of previous city <br /> street surfaces are not to today's standards. There are <br /> finite number of dollars to be spent on infra-structure. <br /> The City does the best possible job. <br /> The Keithson issue is the result of digging for water and <br /> sewer pipes. Compaction now has improved, based on the <br /> testing of the compaction of the soil from an outside <br /> firm. It is important to keep the sub-base in place by <br /> doing the recycling to preserve the base. <br /> Councilmember Hicks agrees. He also has a concern with <br /> . Dunlap. The two or three people concerned do have the <br /> right to expect the road to be kept in a acceptable <br /> manner. He stated that if this is dropped, the other <br /> street improvement costs would have to be reevaluated and <br /> re-bid and could affect timelines for all of the <br /> projects. <br /> Mayor Sather said that he agreed with the comments <br /> previously given by Councilmembers. Sather indicated that <br /> he would support keeping these streets, (including the <br /> Dunlap Street project), in the Pavement Management <br /> Project for 1994. He believes that this has a positive <br /> effect on a neighborhood such as seen in previous work <br /> done a few years ago on the other Dunlap area. The <br /> neighbors improved their landscaping, and the result was <br /> that neighborhood has an upgraded and positive look. <br /> According to the assessment policy, if residents want to <br /> do street improvements in the future, they can bring to <br /> the Council a petition of 100% of the residents. That <br /> action would insure that they pay all of the costs of <br /> any improvement, instead of the 50% assessment charged <br /> . 6 <br />