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e e e ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 10,2000 [J~ N:. r~ D.'.' ,'~ ~~ f}':.'i',,,C\ ~;. "j- 't,\.15 19 Mr. Cox stated that a new City of Mounds View law stated that before action is taken on any street planning there would be a three-year process to study and validate whether the engineering firm has presented all the options. This evening a substantially less expensive option was presented that the Engineering firm did not discuss. He asked what protocol must be followed to have the same three-year law passed in Arden Hills. Mayor Probst stated that this was a City Council policy and indicated that the residents could lobby the City Council to change its policy. Ms. Biggs requested that each of the Councilmembers drive through her neighborhood in order to witness what the residents were concerned about. Councilmember Aplikowski asked Ms. Biggs if she really thought that the Councilmembers have not already done this. Ms. Biggs stated that she had not seen anyone in the neighborhood and would like for the CouncilmembefS to meet the residents and be shown around the neighborhood. Councilmember Grant stated that he had been in the neighborhood and talked with a couple of residents who had recognized him. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she had visited the neighborhood four times in the past month. Councilmember Larson stated that he had walked and driven every street in the Ingerson neighborhood twice. Mr. Rober! Woodburn, 1220 Ingerson Court, spoke in favor of the project, and addressed the ponding problems that the City had been aware of for over twenty-five years and elevation calculations; road width studies related to traffic speed; and Hamline A venue and Ingerson Court comments regarding proposed vacation and reconstruction respectively. Mr. Brown stated that one option for improving the channel would be to dig out some added space. However, there would be implications with trees and cover. The other option would be to raise the level, presuming this could be done without flooding Fernwood Court. Ms. Leslie Reinhold spoke further against the project as it related to water quality issues and neighborhood aesthetics, as well as the notification process. Ms. Kay Stedman, 1164 Ingerson Avenue, stated that the City of Roseville may be interested in what the City of Arden Hills was doing with water draining into Lake Josephine. Mr. Brown stated that the City of Roseville is aware of the plans and that he speaks with representatives of the City of Roseville on a frequent basis. Ms. Stedman stated that she opposes wider streets. Ms. Kay Stedman, 1164 Ingerson Avenue, stated that the City of Roseville may be interested in what the City of Arden Hills was doing with water draining into Lake Josephine. Mr. Brown stated that the City ofRoseville is aware of the plans and that he speaks with representatives of the City of Roseville on a frequent basis. Ms. Stedman stated that she opposes wider streets. Mr. Freimuth asked if the City would lose its State Aid money if it were not used. Mayor Probst stated that there was a point at which the City can lose the State Aid money if it is not used. Mr. Freeman stated that if the City does not lose the State Aid funds and can wait until the road breaks up before reconstruction, nothing would be lost. Mayor Probst noted that there may be the risk of construction costs going up. He indicated that he has served on the City Council for seven years and during the first year of the Pavement Management program the assessment was approximately $30 per foot. This year the assessment was being proposed at $45 per foot, which