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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—April 26, 2010 11 7.B. Adopt Resolution 2010-023: Awarding Bid for the 2010 Pavement Management Program (continued) part of the neighborhood. He stated having a favorable bid does make it easier to vote in favor of awarding a PMP project. Councilmember Holden stated she understands the neighborhood approach to doing street repairs and projects but doing the mill and overlay on Janet Court just because there will be equipment in the area does not make sense. The City will have other mill and overlay projects over the next couple of years and Janet Court could be included with one of these projects. Doing Janet Court at this time is earlier than would be necessary. She asked why Valentine Crest Road needed to be reconstructed and not just have a mill and overlay, because this particular road is used by only twelve homes. Civil Engineer Giga stated the sanitary sewer issues and drainage concerns brought up by residents, and the sub-grade that is underneath this street were factors in determining to have Valentine Crest Road reconstructed. If the sewer line breaks the City would be digging up this section of the road anyway. At this it would make sense to reconstruct the roadway. Councilmember Holden asked if the City would just have to dig on Valentine Crest Road for the sagging sanitary sewers. Civil Engineer Giga stated spot sewer repairs are on Valentine Crest Road and more significant manhole-to-manhole repairs on Valentine Avenue and Valentine Court. Councilmember Grant stated the topic of the Assessment Policy was brought up. He clarified in 2002 the streets were assessed by the footage a person had in front of their homes. The Council and residents formed a task force and it was determined that residents preferred to have the assessment split among the number on properties. The task force did not change the "pie" only how it was divided among residents. He stated he has driven on the streets involved in the project and other streets in the City. There are some places that are not so bad and others that are not good and there are streets that are in worse condition than Valentine. He is not an engineer though. There is no right time to do a street but they need to be done. He stated that the price of Janet Court at $1,721 per residential unit is a bargain and payments can be spread out over seven years if the Council extended the terms. He is in support of doing Janet Court at this time but asked what the Council's thoughts were on the reconstruction project for the Valentine neighborhood. There are other streets that could be done. Mayor Pro-Tem Holmes stated forty years is a long time for a road to be there without being reconstructed. All the roads in this neighborhood seem to need repair and the Council needs to follow the advice of their experts. These experts feel a mill and overlay on Valentine Crest Road will not work and there are sanitary sewer issues in this area as well. She stated it is difficult to decide to do this type of project at this time but the prices for this project at such that it would be reasonable. The Assessment Policy does provide ways to work out the payments for residents.