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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - AUGUST 21, 2000 3 <br />. Diseussion items included the detriment of increased road widths; potential closure of Ham line <br /> Avenue and lack of consensus of the neighborhood group; increased traffic on Ingerson and <br /> Dunlap; the Lake Josephine Associations eonceffi for the Fernwood Charmel recreational land <br /> value; untreated stormwater into wetlands; the presentation on raingardens by Mr. Haider of the <br /> City of Maplewood, and the varying soils involved; and the protection or insulation of water and <br /> sewer lines in some areas proposed for raingarden installation. <br /> Mayor Probst complimented the Review Group, and again thanked them for their research and <br /> presentation. <br /> Coullcilmember Aplikowski requested comments from anyone else in the audience. <br /> Two (2) unidentified representatives of the Lake Josephine Association, were present and <br /> requested more definitive information on the plan for the Fernwood Channel, as it direetly <br /> affccted their property. They asked the City Council to be included in any future discussions. <br /> Mayor Probst stated that the City Council anticipated the public informational meeting to be <br /> scheduled at one of the September regular Council meetings, and assured the residents that the <br /> neighborhood would be notified. <br /> Staff was directed to establish an orderly fashion to address the specific issues involved in the <br /> report, to allow the City Council to direct the consulting engineer to prepare a revised feasibility <br /> report. <br />. c. 2001 Budget <br /> Mr. Post stated that statfwas continuing to work on the previous directive of the City Council to <br /> provide a 200 I Budget, based on a maximum levy increase of 2.5%. <br /> Mr. Post addressed the proposed unbudgeted streetlight standard repair and/or replacement, and <br /> stated that this could possibly be considered as a 2000 project as funding was more readily <br /> available at this time. Mr. Post also addressed the Council's proposal for the 2001102 Pavement <br /> Management Plan (PMP), and the possibility of pending development in the Gateway Business <br /> District and the possible need to reprioritize the West Round Lake Road Phase II project. <br /> Councilmember Aplikowski proposed increasing the 2001 levy by three percent (3%). <br /> Mr. Post advised that the optional dates for the City's Truth in Taxation dates would bc <br /> Deeember 4th or December II th, with the Preliminary Levy due to Ramsey County by September <br /> 15,2000. <br /> Staff was directed to plan for the Ingerson Neighborhood Project as the PMP Project for 2001, <br /> and that future projects would most likely continue on a two-year cycle and process; and to <br /> continue with the proposed 2.5% maximum levy inerease. <br />. <br />