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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 31, 2000 4 and the Ingerson neighborhood was a high priority for reconstruction for good reasons. He felt . that the proposed reconstruction design must be changed. He was supportive of the notion that the residents, City staff and Council review this project over the next few months in order to amend the proposal and make it more amenable to the neighborhood. Mayor Probst agreed that the City should attempt to move forward with this project. He indicated that the City Council has a responsibility to the residents ofthe community to maintain the existing infrastructure. He noted that the City of Arden Hills has approximately 30 miles of roadway which cost approximately one million dollars per mile to reconstruct. The City has not been and will not be on a program that allows the City to perform the reconstruction in an ideal way. The City performs its reconstruction projects as best it can using available funds. Mayor Probst stated that the City's Pavement Management Program has been in place for approximately 10 years. Historically, the City has used a worst first approach to repairing streets with one street in a neighborhood being reconstructed one year and another street in the same neighborhood the following year. This has resulted in construction equipment being in a neighborhood for multiple years and different assessment rates for residents living next door to each other. The City also must deal with the storm drainage issues in the community. The City currently does not have a storm drainage system and this has not been dealt with comprehensively under the worst street first approach. These issues led the City to believe that dealing with street improvements on a neighborhood basis made more sense. Mayor Probst agreed that the decision had been made to begin with the Ingerson neighborhood . for all the right reasons. Therefore, the City should continue looking for a way to make this project happen in a way that works for all those involved. Many details need to be determined, such as whether the project should be accomplished comprehensively or performed over several years. He felt that the best way to determine how to proceed would be with the establishment of a Task Force to work with the City staff and Engineer. He suggested that the City appoint the Task Force, set up the first meeting and allow the Task Force to establish additional meetings. Since the City will not be able to tackle the Ingerson neighborhood project in 2000, the goal should be to begin work in 200 I. Councilmember Aplikowski asked if the Task Force would be made up of residents only and if the purpose of the Task Force would be to work on the design of the Ingerson neighborhood reconstruction project or to determine a process. Mayor Probst stated after going through this process he hoped that the City would learn from it and use it globally in other neighborhood projects. With regard to the members of the Task Force, he felt that it should include residents of the neighborhood as well as other individuals, such as members of the Operations and Finance Committee. He was not proposing that the Council attempt to appoint the Task Force this evening and he invited those interested in the Task Force to contact City staff. He suggested that at the next City Council meeting the Council formally appoint the members of the Task Force. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the Task Force should be made up of no more than 15 members including representatives of the neighborhood, City staff and Council. .