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D'< "'''I .. tAt ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SE~IBMRER 8.1997 4 . selection of available dates is limited by the fact that the City hearing dates cannot conflict with .. previously selected dates by the county, school districts and metropolitan special taxing districts. Mr. Fritsinger suggested the City Council schedule its hearing dates as follows, similar to the timing of the 1996 hearings: Date Location I Initial Hearing December 4, 1997 Army Reserve Center Continuation Hearing December II, 1997 Army Reserve Center (if necessary) I Adoption Hearing December 15,1997 Army Reserve Center MOTION: Malone moved and Keirn seconded a motion to adopt Resolution #97-42, I Adopting Truth-in- Taxation Hearing Dates and Location for Proposed' 1998 Taxes Payable, in accordance with the above-referenced schedule. The motion carried I unanimously (3-0). C. Resolution #97-44, Adopting the Preliminary 1998 Budget I Mr. Fritsinger stated that the City is mandated by M.S. 275.065(1) to adopt a preliminary budget by September 15, 1997. Although the preliminary levy amount becomes the maximum amount I that may be levied, a preliminary budget is just that, and can be changed if necessary. He eXplained that although no major service level changes are proposed, the budget does place more of an emphasis on core services such as police protection, street maintenance, snow removal and eI code enforcement. No changes are being recommended for staffing, which will remain at 20 full-time and 1 part-time position. However, an intern has been recommended for assistance in the areas of Planning and Zoning, and Code Enforcement. I Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution #97-44. I MOTION: Keirn moved and Malone seconded a motion to adopt Resolution #97-44, Adopting the Preliminary Budget for 1998. The motion carried unanimously (3- I 0). D. Resolution #97-43, Receiving Preliminary Feasibility Report, 1998 Street I Improvement Project Mr. Greg Stonehouse, City Engineer, gave an overview of the proposed 1998 Street I Improvement Project. He explained the scope of the project ranged from seal-coating to complete street reconstruction. Necessary storm drainage repairs were also included in this report. The engineering staff had performed visual inspections of these areas, and attempted to I group repairs in the same geographic area to the extent possible. Mr. Stonehouse presented overhead slides of proposed street repair, color coded according to I seal-coating, bituminous overlay or reconstruction. West Round Lake is proposed to be reconstructed to a nine-ton urban design street because of the high volume of truck traffic on this .. _. I