CCP 04-08-2002 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 DRAFT 5 Councilmember Larson stated he believed the City needed to do a better job with following up on seal coating after making improvements. He indicated some streets had not been seal coated. He also indicated they needed to be sensitive to property owners on corner lots due to assessment Issues. John Tholen, 1 I 43 Waldon Place, stated he believed they should just overlay both of the cul-de- sacs. He indicated he did not believe they were in bad condition. He stated Benton Way should be seal coated if they were doing anything. He stated there were two cul-de-sacs with minimal housing, and they only had garbage trucks on the street. Cliff Bujold, 1134 Hunters Court, stated in 1995 when the Council entertained the possibilities of doing street overlays of Benton Way there were residents from Hunters Court and Waldon Place who had asked for the streets to also be overlaid, but were denied. He stated the residents had not been heard. He indicated if the overlay had occurred in 1995, they would not be here today. He stated he was concerned about damage to Benton Way if there were heavy trucks going over Benton Way to get to the cul-de-sacs. He stated there may be a lot of damage to Benton Way with the truck traffic. He stated he believed this City also needed to have an established street maintenance program. He indicated he believed Council operated in a crisis management mode when it comes to street maintenance. He believed the overlay would allow the resident's time until Benton Way needed to be reconstructed. He asked that the City do the whole neighborhood at one time. He stated he believed an overlay was best at this time, until the entire neighborhood could be reconstructed. He urged Council to also seal-coat Benton Way at this time. Gary Drewa, 1141 Hunters Court, stated if a reconstruction of Waldon Place and Hunters Court is done, the residents would be displaced for three months, and if they waited to do Benton Way at a future time, they would be displaced again because they could not reach their cul-de-sacs when Benton Way was under reconstruction. Councilmember Grant asked for the estimate of the overlay. The City Engineer replied it was about $40,000 - $50,000 combined, with $195,000 for reconstruction, both including engineering and contractor costs. Councilmember Rem stated one of the resident's concems at the public meeting was her family had just contracted to put an addition to their house this summer, which would lead to more traffic and if they had received more notice, they would have changed their plans. She stated the residents would appreciate more notice for proj ects such as these. The City Engineer stated the disturbance where there was actual dirt and dust would be 3-4 weeks. The residents would not be displaced for three months. He stated there were certainly inconveniences, but the residents would always be able to get to their driveways. Councilmember Aplikowski asked if it was okay with the residents in attendance at tonight's meeting to essentially be assessed twice if they did the overlay and then did the reconstruction at a future date. The residents in attendance at tonight's meeting stated they were in support of this approach.