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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 10,2000 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />Mr. Cox stated that a new City of Mounds View law stated that before action is taken on any <br />street planning there would be a three-year process to study and validate whether the engineering <br />tirm has presented all the options. This evening a substantially less expensive option was <br />presented that the Engineering firm did not discuss. He asked what protocol must be followed to <br />have the same three-year law passed in Arden Hills. Mayor Probst stated that this was a City <br />Council policy and indicated that the residents could lobby the City Council to change its policy. <br /> <br />Ms. Biggs requested that each of the Councilmembers drive through her neighborhood in order <br />to ",itness what the residents were concerned about. Councilmember Aplikowski asked Ms. <br />Biggs if she really thought that the Councilmembers have not already done this. Ms. Biggs <br />stated that she had not seen anyone in the neighborhood and would like for the Councilmembers <br />to meet the residents and be shown around the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that he had been in the neighborhood and talked with a couple of <br />residents who had recognized him. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she had visited the <br />neighborhood four times in the past month. Councilmember Larson stated that he had walked <br />and driven every street in the Ingerson neighborhood twice. <br /> <br />Mr. Robert Woodburn, 1220 Ingerson Court, spoke in favor of the project, and addressed the <br />ponding problems that the City had been aware of for over twenty-five years and elevation <br />calculations; road width studies related to traffic speed; and Hamline Avenue and Ingerson Court <br />comments regarding proposed vacation and reconstruction respectively. <br /> <br />Mr, Brown stated that one option for improving the channel would be to dig out some added <br />space. However, there would be implications with trees and cover. The other option would be to <br />raise the level, presuming this could be done without flooding Fernwood Court. <br /> <br />Ms. Leslie Reinhold spoke further against the project as it related to water quality issues and <br />neighborhood aesthetics, as well as the notification process. <br /> <br />Ms. Kay Stedman, 1164 Ingerson Avenue, stated that the City of Roseville may be interested in <br />what the City of Arden Hills was doing with water draining into Lake Josephine. Mr. Brown <br />stated that the City of Roseville is aware of the plans and that he speaks with representatives of <br />the City of Roseville on a frequent basis. Ms. Stedman stated that she opposes wider streets. <br /> <br />Mr. Freimuth asked ifthe City would lose its State Aid money ifit were not used. Mayor Probst <br />stated that there was a point at which the City can lose the State Aid money if it is not used. Mr. <br />Freimuth stated that if the City does not lose the State Aid funds and can wait until the road <br />breaks up betore reconstruction, nothing would be lost. Mayor Probst noted that there may be <br />the risk of construction costs going up. He indicated that he has served on the City Council for <br />seven years and during the first year of the Pavement Management program the assessment was <br />approximately $30 per foot. This year the assessment was being proposed at $45 per foot, which <br />