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. Minutes of the Arden Hills Special O:>uncil Meeting, 6/3/91 Page 4 HRING (Cont'd) Bob Fleming, 1549 Briarlmoll, stated the road is in terrible shape am asked the residents aJ:utting the street if they experience =ncern when driving on the roadway , relative to children traveling on bicycles. He questioned how a resident would feel if a child were killed on the roadway. Mayor Sather suggested carnments relate only to the roadway improvement and noted it is lIDfair to assume the residents are not concerned for the safety of children traveling on the road. Francis Podlasek, 4410 North Snelling, questioned if the Churches adjacent to North Snelling are the driving force behind the reconsideration of the inprovement. He indicated the Ukranian Church property experiences severe drainage problems am suggested an extended ditch would have to be constJ:ucted to divert water fram the site. He indicated the aJ:utting residents should not be responsible for bearing the cost of improving the two church properties. Beth Schafer, 1479 Arden vista Court, stated it is extremely difficult to separate the inprovement issue am the prop:lS€d assessment of costs. She questioned if the safety issues have been sufficiently addressed. Schafer also expressed concern relating to the proposed crosswalk am parking near the park. She suggested the drainage issue warrants further study. . Dorothy McClnng, 4370 North Snelling, stated it is :inqx>ssible to separate the dollars fram the issue of inprovement. She questioned if other types of roadway inprovement have been considered which would be less expensive than reconstJ:ucting the street. McClnng referred to the safety issue; advised the residents are aware of the number of neighborhood children in the area and the concerns relate to other streets, as well as North Snelling. She questioned if issues relating to the park am drainage problems have been sufficiently addressed. McClnng suggested other methods of improving the road be studied. Zekeriya Yargici, 1516 Colleen Avenue, favored the road inprovement and expressed concern relative to safety issues addressed this evening. He stated he is a former Roseville resident am explained Arden Hills residents pay higher taxes and deserve better roads. Esther McClnng, 4326 North Snelling, explained residents should be aware of the fact that Snelling is a state Aid road am the city will be reimbursed fram MSA fW1ds for the improvement, as well as impose an assessment to property owners in the area. She stated the assessments collected would be used for a future road inprovement; noted HaInline Avenue am siems Court residents were not assessed for the roadway inprovements. McClnng explained this is the first time this has oo::u=ed in the City, due to the adoption of the assessment policy. Councilmember Mahowald explained the assessment am inprovement issues are not separate in the minds of the Council; indicated all carnments related to both issues are being considered. He advised the assessment is forthcoming am is to be discussed at the hearing. Mahowald carnmented that the Council detennined the assessment policy to be fair am all residents would be assessed for a roadway inprovement at some time, either now = in the future. . Councilmember Hansen reported that siems Court was not inproved by reconstruction, only bituminous overlay. Hansen noted that 100 percent of the MSA fW1ds received for this project will be utilized for the project, as well as the assessments received fram property owners for the reconstJ:uction. She advised the Church properties would be assessed at 100 percent of the costs of inproving the road am favored the inprovement.