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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MINUTES MARCH 21, 2005 4 . Mr. Dale Beckman (East Side Beverage) said that his company is willing to work with the City to add more parking spots at their location. Due to the increased size of the company, parking spots will have to be added in the future to avoid on street parking by their employees. Mayor Applikowski asked what would happen if East Side Beverage does not obtain enough parking spots? City Engineer Greg Brown said that traffic volume will increase on Grey Fox Road. The roadway could be widened by 4 to 6 feet to allow for on street parking. The project cost would be assessed back to East Side Beverage. In Mr. Brown's opinion, the City should avoid on-street parking for this location. It is a much cleaner operation if on-street parking is not allowed. City Engineer Greg Brown reported that a survey was sent out to the business owners in the Red Fox/Grey Fox area regarding the need for sidewalks. A majority ofthe business owners believed that sidewalks were not necessary in this area. The Health Partners medical clinic was the only company that expressed an interest in having sidewalks included in this project. City Council agreed to not include sidewalks in this project. City Engineer Greg Brown provided a brief overview to the City Council of the unit assessment . rate policy. City staff has defined a unit in the Red Fox/Grey Fox neighborhood as one acre. For example, a 6.7 acre lot would be assessed based upon 7 one-acre units. Properties on comers with reconstruction and overlay have their units split by 50% for each frontage. The proposed assessment rates are: . Dunlap Reconstruction- $13,218/Unit . Overlay (TH I) - $4,1 94/Unit A total of$674,122 would be assessed to the property owners under Option 1. City Engineer Brown noted that the project could be funded by using assessment dollars, city street funds, city general funds, state aid dollars, and enterprise funds. The CIP and feasibility report include the different funding options available for this project. City Council will review these funding options at a future meeting. Gatewav Sil!ns-Undate Operations and Maintenance Director Tom Moore reported that the Gateway Sign Task Force Committee met on February II th to discuss and review different gateway sign options for the City. The task force reviewed different locations, sizes, styles, composition, lighting, and landscaping options for potential gateway sigus. The task force recommended that a gateway sign be installed on County Road D and ClevelaIld Avenue. The PTRC and Planning Commission will review the Gateway Sign issue at their next meeting. . Councilmember Holden asked which sign the committee rccommended. 4