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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - January 12, 2009 10 Civil Engineer Giga stated that if the project was approved then a follow up letter would be sent out that would include questions that Staff would like feedback on and the apron would be one of those items. Ms. Seeman clarified that she should wait to hear from the City. Mr. KeD Breheim, 1411 Arden Place, expressed concerns regarding the assessment costs. He also stated that assessments for Oakdale were not as excessive and recommended the City contact them to find out what contractors they are using for their proj ect. Mayor Harpstead stated that every city sets their own assessment policy and they could not be readily compared. Mr. Breheim stated that Arden Hills residents are being assessed double the amount that Oakdale residents are being assessed. Mayor Harpstead stated that City Staff would look into this. Ms. Helen Davidson, 1405 Arden Place, expressed concerns regarding the expected $8,596.02 in assessments and the 6% interest rate. She also expressed additional concerns that the sewer problems in the area would not be replaced. Mr. Richard Navratil, 1415 Skiles Lane, stated that the timing for costs may be optimal. He questioned the projected construction time of May to September and if the streets would be torn up in the entire area for this amount of time. Mr. Winters stated that May to September was a block of time that the whole neighborhood would progress through construction. Construction would progress from one street to the next so that the entire neighborhood would not be tom up at one time. The average time would be about a month per street. Councilmember Holden asked how on time the City was with the last street project they had done. Civil Engineer Giga stated that in 2006 the construction began in August and was completed in November. Mayor Harpstead stated that more data needed to be collected before they could get to in depth with the timeline.