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Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meetin;J, 5-28-91 Page 5 . IMPROVEMENT (Cant' d) Engineer Graham advised both streets are in poor condition and are rated for the overlay project. Mayor Sather favored the overlay of the street and supported future consideration to reduce assessment costs for construction related to closure of the street by the amount assessed to individual parcels for the bituminous overlay project. Councilrnember Malone favored inclusion of the street in the overlay project, based on previous Council discussion relatin;J to the street closure. He noted that the "Tee" turnarourrl design preferred by the Engineers would result in a loss of approxiInately 50 feet of the bituminous surface. Bob Kunze, 4073 Valentine Court, discussed the placement of a barrier on Valentine Avenue, near the entrance to Valentine Crest Road, which would allow ingress/egress for residents and prohibit thru traffic on Valentine Avenue. Malone m:>ved, seconded by Sather, to authorize the Engineer to proceed with the bituminous overlay of Valentine Avenue. Motion carried unanimously. (5-0) AOOPI' RFS. #91-34; FINAL ASSESSMENT mLL, VALENI'INE AVE. 1991 PVMT. MAINT. Malone moved, seconded by Sather, to approve Resolution No. 91-34, AOOPrING FINAL ASSESSMENT mLL FOR VALENI'INE AVENUE IMPROVEMENI'S (1991 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE l'ROJEX'::I') . Motion carried unanllnously. (5-0) . Council recessed at 8:45 p.m. and reconvened at 9:00 p.m. PRESENI'ATION ; 1990 CITY AUDIT Council was referred to the 1990 Audit document and the Management letter, as prepared by Abdo, Abdo and Eick. Auditor Gary Groen was present to review the dOCln1lel1t and answer any questions. Groen offered suggestions for operational changes, as outlined in the administrative letter suhnitted with the audit, and advised he has discussed the changes with the Clerk l\dministrator and A=untant. He suggested Council consider a review of utility rates to determine if the charges are sufficient to maintain the fund balance. Councilrnembers thanked Groen for his presentation. . Council was referred to the final report dated 5-22-91, from the city Hall study Ccanmittee, recommending the constJ:uction of a new City Hall and Public Works facility. Ccanmittee Chair Dennis Probst was present to discuss the work of the canmittee and the final reconunendation. He advised the COIlII1littee identified four general site areas from the thirteen candidate sites prO)XlSed by the Planner, although no recarmnendation is made at this time for a specific site or whether both city Hall and the Public Works facility should be on the same site. Probst stated the canmittee further recommends Council consider retaining a consultant to finalize the tuildinJ programming effort, to canplete site analyses of the four candidate sites and to determine the desirability of locatin;J the Public Works Facility on the same site. He also indicated the proposed square footages in the report should be reviewed. to determine if the estiInates are adequate. Probst noted durin;J tours of other community facilities, the cormnittee fourrl the square footage estiInates listed in the report to be comparable, based on staffin;J and population. REXXMlENDATION ; CITY HALL SIUDY ~