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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - NOVEMBER 8,1999 16 . technically have to construct the proposed ponds. He suggested that there may be ways to minimize the ponding. Council member Larson agreed that the City Council should move forward with a public meeting on this report in order to gain the neighborhood input. He would prefer that the report be amended prior to this meeting with changes in storm sewer drainage system on Ingerson Road. He asked what the cost difference would be to alter this drainage with a smaller, eight-year pipe. Mr. Brown stated that a 36 to 42-inch pipe would cost approximately $100 per foot, where a 24- inch pipe would cost approximately $50 per foot. He offered to look into other variables to determine what the trade offs would be. Councilmember Larson felt that it would be worthwhile pursuing the possibility of reducing the overall cost of the project by the Rice Creek Watershed District committing more funds towards the cost of pond construction. He indicated that the District has not done much in Arden Hills for many years. He felt that the ponds were important and may be the first things to be removed from the project if funding was a concern. Mayor Probst asked if the inlet at the intersection ofIngerson Road and Fernwood Street was a wet land or a dry creek bed. Mr. Brown stated that this was wet halfway from Fernwood Street to the lake. Mayor Probst stated that he was concerned about diverting the water from Lake Josephine in dry years and the possibility of the level of the lake fluctuating. He felt that there should be a better understanding of these implications. . Assuming that the City Council will move forward with the public meeting, Mayor Probst requested that the street width layout be removed from the exhibits that will be displayed. One reason that he favored the 32-foot wide street was the fact that the City of Arden Hills does not have sidewalks which results in bicyclists and pedestrians being in the streets. He felt that he could support narrow widths for the purposes of traffic calming and other neighborhood concerns. However, he would not support this suggestion if the only intent was to save some money. Councilmember Larson asked if Mayor Probst was suggesting the project be re-estimated on the basis of 32-foot streets. Mayor Probst felt that this should be done. He noted that he was not sure how much of the project the City was prepared to take on at this point. Therefore, it would be likely that the project would be delayed or split in two. Either way, he felt it was important to inform the residents of the project plans. Councilmember Larson stated that the City should be prepared to present to the residents what it believed to be the best proposal. He felt that the project still had many loose ends. Mr. Post suggested that the City Council not accept the Feasibility Report at this time to allow the concerns of the Council to be incorporated into a revised report. Councilmember Larson stated that, if the consensus ofthe City Council was to stay with the . standard street widths, the standards should be adhered to unless good reasons to deviate from them was found.