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LAEE.ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 13, 1983 Mayor Eder called the meeting to order at 7;10 p.m. in the City Hall. COUNCILLORS PRESENT; Dunn, Fraser and Mazzara City Administrator Pat Klaers,.consultant Whittaker, and Marilyn Banister were also present. 1. Agenda - M/S/P Fraser�Dunn to approve the Agenda as;written. 2.. JANE ROAD FEASIBILITY STUDY - M/S Dunn/Eder to adopt Resolution 83-60 ordering a Feasibility study for the improvements to Jane Road North, west of Jamaca Ave., as petitioned by the adjacent property owners; and to order a public hearing on the Feasibility of the Project October 4, 19:83, at 7:15 p.m. ° Dunn said all of the people in the area want the street to be improved this way; so, the City should at least determine the feasi- bility of making these improvements. ° Fraser cannot support the motion because it does not make sense to spend money on something completely undesireable. Residents often object to a project''s cost but approve of the project once it is complete. ° Dunn said it is a dead-end street, the people are willing to live with this level of improvement, and if it proves to be a poor invest- ment, the people will have to pay to correct it; so he supports the petition. Jane Road, which this will meet with, is only 22 feet wide; so this won't be an abrupt change in the road. ° Fraser reiterated her opposition to spending more City money on a study for a substandard and unsafe street. Eder asked Whittaker if the residents had agreed to pay for the original cost estimate for improvements. Whittaker said he would check. 'Dunn - while we don't want people designing the street, we should have engineer review the feasibiliyt of improving the city street as the residents have requested to see if it is feasible. ° Mazzara - Will the Engineer just design a street to meet the pe- tition or will he evaluate it a report back. Whittaker said he will evaluate it and report back. Vote: 3-1 (Fraser opposed). 3. 1984 PAY PLAN - the Council agreed to defer this item until late in the meeting so that they might discuss the Maintenance Department CIP with the Foreman, who was present. 4. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP). - Whittaker and Dave Wisdorf summarized the comments made in the Sept. 1 Memo on the proposed revisions to the Maintenance Dept. CIP. *Dunn asked for an economic study to justify the purchase of a large front-end loader. 'Eder asked if this would eliminate the need for the present back -hoe loader. Wisdorf said it would not. Back -hoe is needed for water main breaks and connections, ditch cleaning and snow removal in some areas of the City. He said the grader would probably be the least useful of the 3 pieces as the miles of gravel road diminish.