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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 10,2000 18 . are brought to the library and are available for a period oftime. After a certain amount of time, the video tapes are brought back to the City and reused. Ms. Swanson asked if all City Council discussions were held in a public forum. Mayor Probst stated that the City Councilmembers were not allowed to meet privately, with the exception of limited legal issues. If the City Council does not make a decision this evening, Ms. Swanson asked if the residents would have to follow the City Council to their Council meetings in order to hear the discussions. Mayor Probst stated that the project discussion would be added to the agenda of a future Council meeting. He indicated that the options that the City Council had this evening were to proceed with the proposal as is, make modifications to the proposal, or table or postpone the project. Ms. Swanson asked what newspaper will publish the assessment hearing notices. Mayor Probst stated that the assessment hearing notices will be published in the Bulletin. Additionally, all affected property owners will be sent notification of the hearing. Ms. Swanson stated that she was aware of at least two individuals that did not receive notice of this public hearing. Mayor Probst stated that this would be corrected. . Ms. Swanson asked if anyone has approached the City about developing the land behind the pump house on Ingerson Avenue. Mr. Stafford stated that an individual from Rochester, Minnesota inforn1ed the City that he had purchased that property. The City attempted to send this individual a public bearing notice, however, the notice was sent back. The City staff was not certain who owns this property, however, an individual was asking for information regarding the location of sewer and water services and the dimensions of the lot. Mr. Doug Hartford, 1232 Ingerson Avenue, seconded the comments made by his neighbors and further commented on the information contained in the Feasibility Study; official notification of the affected property owners; and correction of footages for his property. Mr. David Dudic, 1226 Ingerson Avenue, stated that he was concerned about the overall impact of the road reconstruction project on the aesthetics of the Ingerson neighborhood. With regard to the concern of property loss, Mayor Probst stated that Mr. Dudic's lot size would not be diminished, although the dimensions from the edge of the street to the property line may change. If the City did need to obtain right-of-way, this land would have to be obtained prior to proceeding with the project. He was not aware of any location within this neighborhood where additional right-of-way was needed. . Mayor Probst stated that the City of Arden Hills has 30 miles of street and it costs approximately onc million dollars per mile to reconstruct those streets. The City does not have the financial ability to perform road reconstruction on an annual basis. Therefore, on behalf of the residents, the City has attempted to formulate a plan over a period of time to keep up with the maintenance of the infrastructure. Mr. Dave Fritz, 1119 Ingerson A venue, addressed the proposed "channel" on Lake Josephine Association property and right-of:way concerns.