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I I. i I I I I i I ,e t I I I I I ,I ,. I SUMMARY The Ingerson Road neighborhood street pavements are in generally fair to poor condition with a few exceptions. Several areas in the neighborhood experience street and yard flooding on a regular basis and none of the neighborhood storm water runoff is routed through storm water ponds prior to entering Lake Josephine or area wetlands. The streets identified in this report also lack concrete curb and gutter and several have substandard widths which tend to hamper city plowing efficiency and traffic flow on through streets such as Ingerson Road and Hamline A venue. Most of the streets identified for improvement in this report have not had major work done to them since the initial construction occurred in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The 1999 Arden Hills Comprehensive Street Condition Assessment Report has ranked the neighborhood at the top of the priority list for reconstruction for the reasons stated above. The scope of work necessary to bring the entire neighborhood up to par relative to street condition, standard widths, drainage and water quality criteria is quite large. The Council must evaluate the relative importance of the proposed improvements with the associated cost and funding sources. Project costs, as illustrated herein, are reasonable and representative of the proposed scope of improvements. The project would require a distribution of funds from the nonassessable roadway improvements fund. The proposed funding for the project includes advance funding through the City's State Aid account. Any drawdown of the City State Aid account in 2000 will have repercussions on future use of State Aid funds specifically for the planned improvements to West Round Lake Road in 2002. The City's State Aid account is replenished at the rate of approximately $200,000.00 per year from MnDOT. Another possible option to reduce the overall project cost would be eliminating the reconstruction of Hamline A venue. The reconstruction of Hamline A venue is desirable from the "neighborhood approach" viewpoint, however its location of the edge of the neighborhood does allow for its omission at this time to be less disruptive to the neighborhood than a centrally located street such as Femwood Street. Hamline Avenue is a State Aid route with private properties on the east side only therefor it would be wise to utilize State Aid funds to help offset the funding imbalance resulting from the lack of private front footage. The improvements outlined above are feasible and constructable assuming the proposed assessment rate is acceptable to the Council and that the Council approves of utilizing the Storm Water Utility Fund for the City's share of storm sewer and ponding costs not recovered through State Aid funds and the potential grant from the Rice Creek Watershed District. 10