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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 10,2000 8 . - The age of the streets: The original construction of the streets in this neighborhood occurred around the 1960's. Four of the streets were overlaid approximately 10 years ago and the life of an overlay was considered to be five to seven years. The surface ratings of the asphalt ranged from very poor to good. The composite rating was 55, which was the lowest ofthe neighborhoods that were reviewed. · The drainage evaluation: The Ingerson neighborhood had the worst surface drainage evaluation of all the neighborhoods that were reviewed. Routine ponding occurs in the streets and all the water runoff currently runs directly into Lake Josephine and Lake Johanna without any treatment. In order to mitigate this problems, ponding sites had been identified on a preliminary basis tlmt would allow the water quality issues to be addressed. The intent would be to construction ponds west of I-1amline Avenue and in the ravine area from F emwood Avenue to Lake Josephine. This neighborhood was a good candidate to control water quality issues. Mr. Brown stated that the ranking system that was developed was based on the function of the street. One issue was if whether the water runs away from the pavement so as not to destroy the integrity of the pavement. This was the ranking that received a score of 110. The second factor was whether the water flowing trom the neighborhood was running treated or untreated into a natural body of water. In this ncighborhood, none of the water is treated by filtration ponds prior to running into the lakes and wetlands. . Mayor Probst asked that the audience allow the presentation to be completed prior to asking questions. Mr. Brown stated that the final reason the Ingerson neighborhood was at the top of the list for reconstruction was nonconformity to the City street standards. The majority of the streets in this neighborhood do not conform to the current City standards. Mr. Brown stated that the proposed improvements to the neighborhood were: - Reconstruct Carlton Drive, Fernwood Road, Fernwood Court, Ingerson Avenue, Ingerson Court, North I-1amline Avenue south ofIngerson Avenue and Cannon Avenue. Mr. Brown stated that a number of alternatives were being considered in conj unction with this reconstruction. The reconstruction of these streets would include curb and gutter installation and bituminous paving with a sand sub-base and draining tile. . To address the water quality issues, one or two ponds were proposed on the west side of I-1amline Avenue, as well as improvements to the Fernwood Court channel. The improvements to the channel would include deepening the existing channel to Lake Josephine and the construction of a weir at the channel outlet to the lake, thereby increasing the cleansing affect of the channel on storm water runofT prior to entering Lake Josephine. . Mr. Brown stated that the proposed reconstruction project considered the possible vacation of I-1amline Avenue between Ingerson Avenue and Tiller Lane. He indicated that this was the poorest stretch of street in the neighborhood. Additionally, this portion of Hamline Avenue runs adjacent to a wetland and reconstruction of this street would be more costly than any of the other streets. Additionally, there are no accessible properties on this portion ofI-lamline Avenue.