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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 31, 2000 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Mayor Probst invited those present to come forward and address the Council on any items not <br />already on the agenda. There were no public comments, <br /> <br />UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. 2000 Street Improvement Project Discussion <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated that at the January 10, 2000 Council meeting, the City Council voted to <br />continue the discussions of the Ingerson neighborhood road improvement project. The Council <br />left that meeting with the notion that - they were not prepared to make a final decision regarding <br />the 2000 Street Improvement Project. He suggested that the first issue to decide this evening was <br />whether the City will attempt to proceed with a project in the Ingerson neighborhood and, if so, <br />how to proceed. He believed that there had been a general consensus that the Council was not <br />plamling to proceed as outlined in the Feasibility Report as there had been a number of issues <br />raised, Additionally, other options had been presented for this project. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst noted that the City had changed direction in the Pavement Management Program <br />trom annual reconstruction of the worst streets first to a biennial neighborhood reconstruction <br />process, If the decision is made to move forward with the Ingerson neighborhood, which he <br />would support, the process needs to be outlined, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she was undecided on whether the Council should choose <br />to perform the project since it cannot proceed as currently proposed, She was not certain if she <br />was opposed to the entire project, or ifthe project should be removed from consideration, At this <br />point, she was more in favor of dropping the project completely as opposed to moving forward <br />with an alternative proposal. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that there were a number of items within the current proposal that <br />he would change, He was not comfortable witll moving forward with the current design and felt <br />that the City needed to establish a process ifit does intend to continue consideration of the <br />neighborhood, Even if the City chooses not to move forward with thc Ingerson neighborhood, he <br />felt that a group should be organized with the residents, City staff and Councilmembers to review <br />how these road improvement projects are brought forth. <br /> <br />Councilmember Rem stated that she was in favor of establishing a Task Force to analyze the <br />current proj ect. She agreed that the City should not move forward with the current design <br />proposal. However, with the amount of work that has been put into the project, she felt that a <br />Task Force should be established in order to determine what will and will not work for the <br />neighborhood, as well as determine how the current process could be improved, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated that the City currently has a feasibility study with possible <br />alternatives, Many residents have provided the City Council with opinions on how the <br />alternatives may be changed, as well as new ideas. The residents have also asked for additional <br />time to consider what should be done. He did not feel comfortable at this point with abandoning <br />the reconstruction of the project, The City Engineer has prioritized future work and the Ingerson <br />