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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Apri128, 2004 -8- Consideration of Resolutions 04-10 and 04-11 regarding turn back of Hamline Roselawn and Hovt Avenues from Ramsey County (continued) Council member Kuettel said we can do that up to a point because we share these roads with other cities. Fortunately, St. Paul is saying 2005. Administrator Worthington said that St. Paul has a residential street vitality program. It is a 15-20 year capital project plan that shifts and moves around a little, depending upon the wards. This section of Hamline can be rebuilt in 2005 when St. Paul rebuilds Como Park. We came to this conclusion in a meeting with them regarding Godfrey Pit and the Capitol Region Watershed. St. Paul agrees that this will be the best time to do this since they will be in that area. There is a significant amount of storm drainage work that needs to be done on Hamline and our city will be responsible for. It will be about $27,000 in cost. The whole street will be dug up and water main replacement will be done at the same time. It took a lot of negotiating and discussion to get St. Paul to agree to this. Mayor Gehrz said that with regard to Roselawn and the current storm water situation on that street, what effect is the ongoing runoff having on the life of the new roads? The City spent a lot of money rebuilding those roads. Engineer Maurer said it shouldn't have a lasting negative effect because the water drains off. The concern is when water sits on a street, seeps through cracks and saturates the base. RESOLUTIONS 2004-10, 2004-10A, 2004-11 and 2004-11A Lindstrom moved adoption of Resolutions 2004-10 and 2004-10A authorizing acceptance of the turn back of Hamline Avenue (County Road 132), from Hoyt Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue, and Roselawn Avenue (County Road 114), from Cleveland Avenue to Hamline Avenue, located in the City of Falcon Heights; and adoption of Resolutions 2004-11 and 2004-11A authorizing acceptance of the turn back of Hoyt Avenue (County State Aid Highway 56) from Snelling Avenue to Hamline Avenue, and Roselawn Avenue (County State Aid Highway 26), from Fulham Street to Cleveland Avenue, located in the City of Falcon Heights. Council member Lamb said he was not sure where to start. He thinks there has been a process and discussion breakdown. Here we are, two days before the deadline, and this is the first opportunity the Council has had to discuss this.. This represents a major shift of responsibility from the County to the City. As such, we have an obligation to examine the impact this will have on our tax policy, assessment policy, reserve policy, capital budget, and we also have an obligation to look at what effect this will have on affordable housing. We have talked many times about the affordable housing crisis. There is no doubt, when you look at that presentation these roads need to be repaired. That is not the question. The question is, why should this be transferred to the 2,000 Falcon Heights taxpayers from the 100,000 Ramsey County taxpayers. • We need to look at this thing as a broader issue. 8