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PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY 24, 2006 Page 2 of9 . 3. COUNCIL UPDATE Council Liaison Larson provided the Committee with the following City Council Update: . The first City Council meeting in January will be an organizational meeting where the Council approves resolutions regarding financial matters. . The City Council met in a work session on Monday, January 23, 2006 where the Council made their decision on who would fill the City Council vacancy. He explained that the name of the individual would be made known and included on the agenda for Monday's City Council meeting. . The City Council reviewed the pavement management project schedule. He stated that some of the funding concerns would push some of the projects into the future. He indicated that the utility funds are not as healthy as they would like them to be and that the City Council has discussed adjusting the project schedule. He stated that there is the possibility that the current scheduling process used for planning pavement projects could change. . He explained that there would be one year spacing between projects with the Ridgewood project currently scheduled for 2006, street maintenance in 2007 and the Snelling Avenue project scheduled for 2008. He explained that both of these projects are very expensive adding that the Council has requested that Staff go back to review the projects, their funding requirements and the project schedule and come back to Council with their recommendations on how to address the funding issues and the project schedule. . Chair Henry asked if the Council is considering delaying the Ridgewood project. Council Liaison Larson confirmed that Council did discuss the possibilities of delaying the Ridgewood project but the neighborhood was out in force and in full support of the project. He stated that the residents made it very clear that they want this project done, He explained that the project would combine street improvements and water quality improvements that would include the installation of storm water ponds that would help manage the storm water drainage to the lakes. Chair Henry referenced a previous discussion regarding the widening of County Road E noting that the City had submitted a project application with MnDOT last year that was not successful and asked if there was any interest in filing a new application for the next cycle of MnDOT project funding. Mr. Moore stated that Staff has not discussed the possibilities of submitting a new application this year. He noted that the deadline to apply is mid-February and explained that last year Arden Hill's application rm1ked number four or five on the list, which is why the City did not receive MnDOT flIDding. Council Liaison Larson offered to bring the MnDOT funding application forward to discuss with the Council again adding that the most significant issue is the overall cost of the project. . Committee Member McClung clarified that his understmlding of the process was that MnDOT would have picked up 80 to 90-percent of the project costs had their project funding request been