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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 31, 2000 8 . Ms, Chris Peterson, 1112 Carlton Drive, commended the Council for deciding to form a Task Force to continue with the proposed project. Ms, Lcslie Reinhold, 1233 Ingerson Road, stated that many complaints made to the City regarding drainage problems might be issues with drainage in the backyards, not on the street She stated that she has a tremendous drainage problem in her backyard which occurs only in the spring time, She stated that the neighbors along Ingerson Avenue discussed this issue with the City Council approximately five years ago and were given no direction on how to improve the drainage, Ms. Dotie Boike, 1295 Ingerson Road, stated that she supported the motion made by the Council. However, she was concerned that the Task Force would not have the power to solve the problems. She asked if the Council would agree as part of the motion to accept the recommendation of the Task Force, Mayor Probst stated that there was an issue regarding whether or not the Council can cede to the Task Force the authority to make a decision to spend the amount of money involved with this project He stated that the Task Force can make a recommendation that will be heard at the Council level, however, the Council cannot allow the Task Force to take on the responsibility of making I1nal decisions regarding such large sums of money, . Mr. Harold Alexander, 3251 Fernwood Street, was concerned regarding the statement that the City has an ongoing Pavement Management Project It had also been stated that this was the first project. He was also concerned about why soil borings were being taken when a Task Force has not yet been formed to determine the necessity of the project Mayor Probst stated that a number of questions had been raised by the neighborhood that cannot be answered without gathering additional information, Ms, Swanson asked when the Task Force must complete its evaluation of the proposal if the intent was for a project to be accomplished in 2000, Mayor Probst stated that in order to accomplish a project in 2001, the City would have to direct the Engineer to proceed with plans and specifications in October or November 01'2000, Ms, Kay Stedman, 1164 Ingerson Road, noted that the idea ofthe Task Force looking into how to improve the process has not been discussed any further. She asked ifthis would still be a responsibility of the Task Force, Councilmember Aplikowski stated that this was not part of her motion because the sentiment of the neighborhood was to take a step back and take another look at the project She stated that her motion was for the Task Force to review the project in order to determine whether the City should move forward with a modified project She felt that the idea of revamping the process was a broader issue and she did not believe it should be the responsibility of only one neighborhood. . Ms, Stedman noted that the City has a plan to widen all its streets to 32 feet and asked if this can be taken into consideration by the Task Fore. Mayor Probst stated that work is being done to consider alternate street widths,