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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, PAVEMENT MAGEMENT MEETING <br />AUGUST 13,2001 <br />6:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DR AFT <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDERlROLL CALL <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Acting Mayor David Grant called to order the <br />special City Council meeting at 6:37 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: <br /> <br />Acting Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, Gregg <br />Larson, Lois Rem, City Administrator Joe Lynch, City Engineer Greg <br />Brown, BRW, and Recording Secretary, Nancy Czajkowski. <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />Mayor Dennis Probst. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Mr. Lynch explained the handouts, which were maps of the street ratings, the types of streets, <br />and whether or not the streets had curbs. He stated it appeared that the streets in highest distress <br />were located in the southeast. He noted the northeast segment streets were in the best shape. He <br />added he was surprised that most of the curbing was bituminous and that there was quite a bit of <br />no curb streets. He stated the issue was how to determine which streets to improve and what do <br />they do about agreed upon street standards. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated it would be valuable to see whether it was concrete curb, <br />bituminous curb or no curb. Councilmember Rem concurred. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated the language implies that striping should exist on city streets. He <br />noted he did not want to see the city's streets striped. Councilmember Larson concurred. He <br />noted he thought striping was for collector streets and not typical streets. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated how they defined collector streets was an important issue. He <br />noted a road could be designated MSA and not be a collector. He added this should not be an <br />arbitrary distinction. Councilmember Larson concurred. <br /> <br />Councilmember Rem stated they should discuss how they deal with roads based on their existing <br />width. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated if a road had existing curb and gutter they would not remove it to <br />widen or narrow an existing road unless it was substandard. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated if a street were wider than the standard, they would not make it <br /> <br />narrower. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski stated her concerns about narrowing the intersections of any city <br />streets. Councilmember Larson concurred it would not always be appropriate. <br />