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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 19 necessarily agree an all aspects, hawever, when this accurs, the City aperates under the cancept . that the majarity rules, An audience member nated that the safety cancerns related to. street widths cauld go. either way, Hawcver, anather argument far maintaining the existing street widths relate to. the livability af the cammunity, She nated that there were a number af large trees alang the roads that wauld be last if the streets are widened. Additianally, the water quality was an issue and the Watershed study recammended the reductian af residential street widths in arder to. improve and maintain water quality, She indicated that the Rice Creek Watershed District stated that they wauld prefer the raad widths to. remain as they are and that the warst aptian far the water quali ty wauld be to. widen the streets and add storm sewer systems, Cauncilmember Rem stated that she had been an the verge af secanding Cauncilmember Aplikawski's mati an to. pastpanc this pro.ject when Mayar Probst annaunced that the mati an had died, She stated that the cancern far the City was to. mave ahead with this praject this year in arder to. spend the budgeted maney an schedule. Hawever, with street prajects there have always been exceptians made, She statcd that in this situatian the large issue is the street structure. . Cauncilmember Rcm fclt that ane prablem with this project was the neighborhaad approach. Shc felt that there may be same impravements that can be accamplished in this neighbarhaad, hawever, the entirc scape being propased may nat be necessary. She expressed cancern abaut the amaunt afmaney that wauld be spent to. widen the streets and she nated that emergency vehicles have been able to. access the neighborhaad with the current street widths. Cauncilmember Rem felt that the need for road recanstructian may be mare canvincing if extensive barings were dane, She nated that the City has chasen a neighbarhaad with a number 0.1' issues, such as wetlands and hills, etc. She stated that the Cauncil cauld vate an each issue independently, hawever, she cancurred that the City shauld revisit the Pavement Management Pragram. Mayar Probst stated that the City has a respansibility to. the cammunity to. maintain its infrastructure, He stated that the City was trying to. find an appropriate way to. fit the neighborhaad with the impravements and that the City was nat trying to. ruin the neighbarhaad ar change the character af it. Hawever, he felt the City has a respansibility to. the neighbarhaad as well as the entire cammunity an haw the City invests the tax payer's maney in these projects, He felt strongly abaut the issue afrecanstructian as this results in Io.wer future Co.sts, . Mayor Probst po.inted o.ut that Ramsey Caunty perfarmed a cald in-place recyclc project an Cleveland Avenue approximately five years ago., Since then, all the aId cracks and bad spats have resurfaced and the Caunty will have to. recanstruct this street. He added that when the City recanstructed Oak Avenue, the neighbarhaad had strangly appased the City's ariginal propasaL These aptians had been warked aut and a campromise had been reached that same af the residents mast likely did nat agree with, He indicated that the pasitian 0.1' the Cauncil at that time had been if the City was nat gaing to. recanstruct the street, then nathing wauld be dane because the City did nat believe it wauld be a wise investment 0.1' tax payer's maney,