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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 16 An audience mernber stated that, as Co-Chair of the Lake Josephine Hills Association, he would prefer a holding pond, not a channel. . Mr. Brown presented the Hamline ponding area considerations and options as being permanent ponding west of Ingerson Road, permanent ponding east of Hamline Avenue, or to do nothing. Staff recommends some permanent ponding be created near the western end of Ingerson Road with possible modifications to the existing wetland east of Hamline A venue. Again, affected landowners need to be a part of the design process. The Task Force was split on the pond issue with four people against the ponds and three people for the ponds. An audience member asked if a pond could be added to the other side of Snelling Avenue. Mr. Brown stated that it would be difficult to run pipes to this location. Additionally, that neighborhood does not have a water treatment area at this time and that area would be the logical location for that neighborhood. An audience member asked if the existing wetland will have to be dredged. Mr. Brown stated that this was not proposed, however, this issue would be discussed with the Rice Creek Watershed District and he felt that the wetland may be dredged once. An audience member requested confirmation that the proposal was moving away from a large holding pond. Mr. Brown stated that this was correct. Mayor Probst suggested that the Councilmembers review the recommendations and provide direetion to the City Engineer on how to move forward with a revised feasibility study. He suggested that the discussions begin with the issue of street widths, . Councilmember Aplikowski stated that she was still willing to support the recommendation to not change the existing widths of the streets. She cautioned, however, that there will be conditions related to this in the future. Councilmember Grant noted that the current widths of the streets will qualifY the project for MSA funding and he did not see any reason to widen any of them. He noted that other streets in the City have recently been constructed to widths narrower than 32 feet. Councilmember Larson stated that the original feasibility study had recommended 32-foot wide streets because this was the new City standard. He stated that the Council must decide if this standard should apply to all areas within the City. However, the City Staff and the review group had both recommended street widths other than the 32-foot standard, He acknowledged that at times, it may be appropriate to deviate from the standard and he was willing to agree with the Staff recommendations. Councilmember Larson stated that a 28-foot width would be acceptable for Fernwood Court and Ingerson Court. However, he felt that Hamline Avenue and Ingerson Road should be widened. He stated that he has driven through this neighborhood many times and more than 50 percent of the time there are people walking and biking on the streets. He stated that he recently had a near .