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\ - MINU2'ES OF REGULAR MEETTtiG, COUNCIL OF VILi,AGE ON' ARDEN HIZIS �.pr.24,1961 Page 3 However, if the residents requested a storm sewer could be installed and the neighbors benefiting by it would be assessed accordingly. • IVT(�YOR ASH$ACH stated that the Highway Dept. plan to obliterate iiamline Ave. by the middle of Sune or July and tneir road program will not be done until. the fall of 1962. prden Iiills has been trying to delaq the highway depart- ment�s action until its ovun road program is finished. JERRY Si�ILDUM inquired as to the cost oi roads in Arden Hills ,�3. Mayor Ashback stated it was $�314.00 per lot. Each lot in tnat area being proport- �onately the same the residants agreed to take ths whole bill and divide it equally among the lot owners. In answer to Mr. Sullivan's question regarding the likelihood of the State Highway Department using village roads, Mayor Ashbach said they probably would not use them at all or onlg on a very rare occasion and then only with �icles that were withip the load limit of the road used. E7�IvIER ISAKSEN, 3426 Glenarden Court brought. up the discussion of the inconsist- oncy of lot sizes in Arden Hills #2 and felt it was not fair to assesathb residents iq this area on lot size. MAYOR ASHEACH stated that the legal public hearing �vould give the residents the opportunity to hear firm bids and then decide what to do. Mr. Isaksen asked when this hearing �vould be. Mr. Roger Short suggested it would be about 30 days. Mr, Isaksen asked how li-�any cho3ces they wo uld 'nave to choose from. Mayor pshbach said bids would be in for two types of roads. Mr. �Sullivan again spoke and said the reaeon for his petition rvas to bring an expression of the views of those residepts unable to attend tne preliminary hearings. Upon questionin� by iviayor Ashbach, Mr.Sullivan could not answer what percentage of Arden Hills #2 residents were represented by his 39 signers. A resident of the area expressed the view that perhaps tney had misunderstood the ^newspaper article". MAYOR ASHI3ACI3 anewered 1u1r. Isaksenfe question regardin� pro-rating of road assessment as follows; 1. A preliminary hearing merely advisory was held. 2. A legal hearing will be held at which tiine bids come in and tne project is initiated if the residents agree. 3. An assessment nearing is held at the end of the project whep all bills are in and at this tiine it is determined 'now to assess the residents. It was D9eyor Ashbach�s opinion at this time that since there is such a variance i❑ lots in Arden Hills #2 the assessment wi11 be on a front foot basie, Mr. Sullivan stated that ne was conv�nced that it was inappropriate to �o any other way than on a front foot basis. MAYOR ASHBELCH asked t�r. Sullivan if the Council should take his petition at its face value and just oil and sand the roads in Arden Hills ,�2 even though •some of the residents who had signed the petition and were preaent �night now state that hearing proposed C08'�8 they might be inclined to go along with a better road program. \ �