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Mounds View City Council November 27, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 4 2 Jason Studer, 2135 Program Avenue, explained he owned 35W Auto Repair and Car Wash. He 3 expressed concern with how his business would be impacted by the proposed improvement 4 project. He feared that vehicles would not be able to drive through this area to wash their cars, 5 which would hurt his business. 6 7 Del Pawlecheck, Multi -Tech Systems, expressed concern with how traffic would flow to and 8 from his business. He asked how and when the final assessment amount would be set. 9 10 Mayor Mueller explained after the project was approved and completed the final costs would be 11 set during an assessment hearing. She reported the assessment hearing was projected to be held 12 in October of 2018. She noted these assessments would be for 10 years and would have 5.5% 13 interest rate. 14 15 Hearing no further public input, Mayor Mueller closed the public hearing at 6:32 p.m. 16 17 Council Member Meehlhause requested further information on how this project would be 18 completed. Public Works Director Peterson explained the proposed streets would never be 19 completely shut down. He indicated this would be a very fast project and curb repair/work 20 would be completed first. He anticipated that once the asphalt was out and the street was 21 regraded, it would only be a matter of a week or two before the pavement was back in place. He 22 reported this project area did not include extensive sanitary sewer repairs. 23 24 Council Member Meehlhause asked if the project would be completed in phases. Public Works 25 Director Peterson stated the project would be done in several phases. 26 27 Council Member Hull questioned if staff could work with Mr. Studer in order to address his 28 access concerns. Public Works Director Peterson stated he would be in contact with Stantec and 29 Mr. Studer. 30 31 Mayor Mueller inquired where storm sewer improvements would be made within this project. 32 Public Works Director Peterson discussed the improvements that would be made to the storm 33 sewer system within the project area. 34 35 Council Member Meehlhause asked if Council action was required at this meeting. Public 36 Works Director Peterson explained the only action required was for the Council to hold the 37 Public Hearing. 38 39 Council Member Meehlhause encouraged the business owners in attendance to contact business 40 owners along Mustang Drive. He explained these business owners were very pleased to have 41 new streets and provided a great deal of positive feedback to the City on how this project was 42 completed. He stated he was happy to see these roadways being completed as they were not part 43 of the City-wide street reconstruction plan. 44 45 Mayor Mueller requested the proposal or RFP include a clause that the roadways may not remain