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COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 27, 1995 these guidelines are approved, he will forward this information on to the Charter Commission. Mr. Schumacher explained that the Charter Commission chairman had called him and asked the City Council to give the Charter Commission some direction since the Charter Amendment relating to road improvements failed. Mr. Schumacher asked Mr. Ahrens to prepare guidelines listing what he felt were maintenance issues versus reconstruction issues and have the City Council endorse the guidelines. The Charter Commission Chairman feels that this will be a priority issue and wanted to start by reviewing the current street maintenance and reconstruction policy. Council Member Bergeson noted that the "guidelines" are a statement of how street maintenance is currently addressed. Mayor Reinert noted that the agenda speaks of a street construction/maintenance policy but the staff report talks about guidelines. During the last election it appeared that there was a group of residents who were opposed to the Charter Amendment that would address the deterioration of City streets which is now estimated to cost $5,000,000.09. Mayor Reinert said that this is a serious problem and challenged the newly elected officials to take this concern seriously. He said he hoped that the newly elected officials understand the responsibility that is facing them. This is something that has been a concern for some time and an attempt was made to address the concern. Mayor Reinert challenged the Charter Commission and the newly elected officials to get together and prepare an agreement to address this serious problem. He said he would not vote in favor of the guidelines as submitted. Council Member Elliott said that at this time the City Council should stress that the City Engineer's presentation is a "guideline" under which the City is currently operating. The Charter Commission is looking for some documentation of current policy on how street maintenance and reconstruction is handled. They can then regroup and determine how they can work with the new Council Members. Mr. Ahrens said that Council Member Elliott summarized the situation very well. This is a starting point and is the current guidelines under which the City is working. He said that he will probably be working with the Charter Commission directly to prepare a definite policy and plan for -reconstruction of streets. Mr. Ahrens explained that this is a starting point and asked that the City Council accept his presentation. Council Member Elliott proposed that the City Council receive Mr. Ahrens report as the current street maintenance guidelines. Mayor Reinert said that he could accept this, however, this does not address the severe street improvement problem. This City Council attempted to address the concern, however, the referendum was not supported by the public. Council Member Elliott moved to receive the current street maintenance guidelines. Council Member Bergeson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Page 1 1