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<br />16 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MAYOR CREPEAU: Anyone else have a question or comment? <br />Anyone from the Council have a question or comment on any <br />subject? <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN HANSON: I have some information that hasn't <br />been discussed that I'd like to add. In discussing these <br />matters with our engineer, Don Christoffersen, he informs me <br />that County Road E is a county State Aid Road and as such, we <br />could expect to get some help from the state on the variety <br />of improvements on that road, mainly they would (inaudible) <br />to pay partially the cost of traffic signals and any street. <br />lighting at intersections, sidewalks that were added for <br />safety, and cost of relocating driveways, the cost of building <br />the medians, and any acquisition of right-of-way cost. <br /> <br />Looking at the Interim Design that the committee <br />recommended, the three items that are appropriate within that <br />grouping would be the roadway expense of $28,500, the sidewalk <br />of $31,900, and the street lighting of $110,000 which adds up <br />to $170,400. <br /> <br />1& <br /> <br />The other information I would like to add is that con- <br />sidering all of those things are necessary from a safety <br />standpoint, that we could utilize our Municipal State Aid <br />account of Arden Hills if the county didn't see fit to participate <br />and at the present time our account with the state includes an <br />amount of $223,000, rough figures, which is available at this <br />time. I don't know how much greater it might be next year <br />by the time the project would be paid for, but it would be <br />considerably higher. We have some plans to use that money, but <br />we're getting to the point in that relationship where we're going <br />to lose some (inaudible) if we don't proceed to (inaudible) <br />so I think it looks practical to use part or all of that aid money <br />for those three items which would be roughly one-third of the total <br />cost, and then if we followed the recommendation of the committee <br />.to share the balance, it would end up about $184,000 that we would <br />be paying out of the general taxes and if we got it down to that <br />(inaudible) I'd certainly recommend 15 years rather than 20. <br /> <br />MAYOR CREPE1'.U: Thank you. Anyone else? <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN CRICHTON: I had a couple of questions. One of <br />them is to Mr. Van Wormer. In the (inaudible) of disCUssion of <br />the potential new road into (inaudible) out of Mr. Carroll's, <br />through the St. Paul Book (inaudible) I think that both Mr. <br />Carroll and Mr. Engelbert indicated a general agreement. <br /> <br />MR. VAN WORMER: I said as a concept (inaudible) agreement. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN CRICHTON: The other question - I didn't quite <br />