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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - FEBRUARY 14,2000 7 Cowlcilmember Larson noted that if the North Suburban Youth Association must shut down and loses revenue, this would be a loss for children in Arden I-lills. It did not make sense to him for the applicant to lose revenues during the dispute process. Mayor Probst stated that he would not support the motion based on his previously stated reasons. The motion carried (4-1, Mayor Probst opposed). B. 2000 Street Improvement Project, Appointment of Task Force Based on the decision made at the January 31, 2000 City Council meeting, indicating a desire to formulate a group to review the 2000 Street Improvement Project, Mr, Lynch offered the following perspectives and comments for consideration. Mr. Lynch stated that the group was originally declared to be a task force, however, it is generally the expectation that a task force will function for some length of time, but eventually work itself out of ajob, A proper title may be the Ingerson Road Improvement Group. This would signify that the group's main focus is the Ingerson Road Improvement Project, and is limited in a time frame to bring forth a recommendation on that subject only. Mr. Lynch suggestcd the following charge for the group: "To determine the scopc of a road improvement project for the Ingerson neighborhood," This would enable the group to be clear that some determination will need to be made about the scope of the road improvement project in the Ingerson Road neighborhood, or a recommendation would be brought forward that no road improvement should occur in this neighborhood at this time. With regard to the makeup of the group, Mr. Lynch stated that the City received 13 applications from residents, Eight of the applicants live directly on Ingerson Road, one lives on Hamline Avcnue North (which is not in the proposed project area), and one is the Executive Director of the Littlc Brothers, Friends of the Elderly, who is not a resident of the structure. An application was received from one resident on North Hamline Avenue that would be impacted by the proposed project and one resident on Carlton Drive, Mr. Lynch proposed that no more than five residents of the affected area be appointed, with no more than two from Ingerson Road. The two residents on Ingerson Road could be from both ends of the project and could represent the other residents that have indicated a desire to participate in this group, Mr. Lynch recommended that two staff be appointed to the group, Mr. Greg Brown, the City Engineer, and Mr. Dwayne Stafford, the Public Works Director. He also recommended that two City Councilmembers be appointed to the group in order to achieve balance in representation from the City Council, and avoid the appearance that one appointed Council representative could be persuaded by the residents to help support their proposal. Mr. Lynch proposed a three month schedule for the group to return recommendations to the City Council with the final decision being made by the Council at the May 8, 2000 regular Council