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<br />~.... <br /> <br />MInutes of Special Council Meeting <br />Village of Arden Hilla <br />Monday~ JBnu~ry 14, 1980' - 7:30 a.m. <br />Mututal Service Insurance Cafeteria <br /> <br />Gall to Order <br />Pu.rsuant todue call a.nd notice thereo:~ t.he meeti'og was <br />called to order. at 7,45 a.m. by Presiding Officer Charlie <br />Crichton_ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RolL Call <br />Preaent - Presiding Officer Charlie Crichton, Councilmen <br />Ward Ranson and James Wingert. <br />Absent - Mayor Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.. and Acting Mayor <br />Robert Woodburn. <br />Also Present - Clerk Adwinietrator Charlotte MoNiesll, Re- <br />presentatives of the Taak ffo"ce and Businesses <br />on County Roed E, Diane McAllister and Dan <br />Buckholz. <br /> <br />Gene Engelbart gave a slide presentation of facilities in <br />the Couaty Road E business ar~a from L~xingtQn Avenue to <br />Highway 51, noting the following: <br />1. overhead powe~ lines aud poles except at McGuires <br />and liS1. <br />2. excess signage at County Road r./Highway 51. <br />J. only street lights are cobra lights at Highway 51 <br />ingress and egress. <br />4. installation of ornameBtal Btreet lighting would <br />be difficult with existing pales. <br />5. nced for traffic chacn.liBation especially at <br />Connelly and County Road E. <br />6. traffic, including school buseB, increasing. <br />7. Bome pedestrian traffic. <br /> <br />Coat .sti..tBs of proposed City abare Df impzcvBm2nts in <br />1980 dollars are as folloys: <br /> <br />I.ighting @ 50% <br />Underground Electric @ 50% <br />Underground Phone @ 501 <br />Walk1ilsys @ 100% <br />Traffic Chsaneli&Btion @ 1001 <br />Laadscep. Plan S 100% <br />Administration ~ 100% <br />Total City S:!,'iJ:'" <br /> <br />$ 45,000 <br />125,COO <br />3,000 <br />2 a "OOG~ <br />8 ,,000 <br />S,OnD <br />58,000 <br />-;:':'72'" ,~fi-O <br />~ ,,~ _:; v,", <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Planner Orlyn Mil1e~ said that if po~e~ anrl VhOI~2 linas are <br />not buried other suggested improvem8~tE should not be tnder- <br />taken, turied cable is ~igbest priority of bmsiass3 cowmunity. <br />Siace NR' has recently Jpgraded peleB etc. 8ud is controlled <br />by Public SarvicBCammia$iou it is unlikely ~h.t ~hey would <br />ahare in coste. Dtber cities do incentive plan~ial. creating <br />malls etc. Thia is a s~rvlce to resid€~ts - as i~.le improve. <br />more services become eva11sble) higher quality bU3inesses are <br />attracted zo araa~ Cou'~ty Road E may be coGuiderad the front <br />door to the City. The properties in tbis ar88 comprise about <br />51 af taxable land and Jay about 15% of local tmxe6. <br /> <br />Couucilman Crichton said he ..s generally in favor of tbe <br />pla~, has a prohlem .it~ SQZ partlcipetlon in burying cabl~. <br /> <br />Frank Fraele said wben Sonaelly Avenue was impraved, be and <br />otber buslae.em.n la ar~a impEDve~ their sitos vltb land- <br />scaping, palDtiag etc. Business community will spend money <br />if eccot~aged~ suggaete\t eo~e uniformity in aig~a6e. <br /> <br />1 <br />