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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - October 10, 2000 5 Councilmember Larson stated the C0l1l1cil has a recommendation from City staff with regard to . the revised report. He added the Council can disagree with staffs recommendations. He stressed that the Council must recognize the difference between deciding that the report is not what was requested, and agreeing or disagreeing with the report itself. Linda Swanson presented a petition signed by neighborhood residents to the bench requesting that the Council not accept the feasibility report. The petition was received by the Council. Councilmember Rem stated she reviewed the minutes from the Council's September 11 regular meeting at which this issue was discussed. She added that there were some items requested by the Council which were not included in the revised report, Councilmember Larson stated he disagrees with Councilmember Rem's statement that there are no differences between the feasibility study presented to the Council in 1999 and the revised feasibility report currently under discussion. He noted the revised report contains recommendations regarding rain gardens, edged bands instead of curbs in some areas, and does not recommend 32' wide streets. He added the differences are significant. Councilmember Rem stated that some parts are different. She stressed that the issue of whether every street needs to be reconstructed remains, She added that the first feasibility study did not include 32' road widths. Councilmember Larson stated he could only recall one feasibility study, . Councilmember Rem stated the first feasibility study was prepared in November of 1999, She added a second feasibility study was prepared later in 1999. Councilmember Larson stated the study prepared in November of 1999 was not a feasibility study, Councilmember Rem stated that the feasibility study should correspond with each street's PCI number. Councilmember Larson stated that the neighborhood approach to pavement management, which recognizes that some streets might not need reconstruction as much as others, should be revisited, Councilmember Rem asked how many neighborhoods the City could afford to complete at this rate. Councilmember Larson stated the City has committed to completing one neighborhood every two years. Councilmember Rem asked whether that would apply to every street in the neighborhood. Councilmember Larson confirmed this. Councilmember Grant stated the City should not begin a street reconstruction program on a neighborhood in which the streets are not in need of repair. He added this would minimize the investment made by the City years ago. He noted he would wish to review the City's Pavement Management Program. He expressed concern that the Council is discnssing the issue with residents without being able to give specifics with regard to the program. Councilmember Rem stated, with regard to the November 1999 engineering report, the cover . sheet refers to the report as a "feasibility study". She added the Council acknowledged it was a feasibility study.