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Michael Hegland j jC- 7604 Spring Lake Road Mounds View, MN 55112 January 30, 1998 Mounds View City Council Dear Mayor and Council Members, I and my family have been resident of Mounds View living on Spring Lake Road for 23 years. As a member of the residents group concerned with the Spring Lake Road/County Road I reconstruction project, I have spent a considerable amount of effort in trying to understand all the physical, financial, legal, aesthetic, safety, environmental, and personal issues involved in this project. I have concluded, as have many of my neighbors, that the existing policy is inadequate to address all these issues. Therefore I respectfully request that the Mounds View City Council would seriously consider the following recommendations in their endeavor to devise an improved road reconstruction policy for the city. 1. Establish a capitol improvement plan based on a minimum cost direct replacement approach that defines road improvements for the entire city projected over at least a 20 year cycle. 2. With the intent of minimizing the aesthetic, environmental, and financial impact of the project on the community and in particular the neighborhood that is directly effected. I suggest that a direct replacement approach be adopted. All the existing features of road width, load rating, speed limits, parking and runoff control should be maintained. 3. Starting from the direct replacement baseline, any suggested changes such as increased street width, increased load rating, increased speed limits, changing parking status, adding curb and gutter, changing storm sewer, or adding sidewalks or bike lanes must be communicated to the property owners/tax payers directly effected. This communication must include a complete and accurate itemized cost and assessment estimate. 4. For any of the communicated changes to be added to the direct replacement baseline proposal. A majority (over 50%) of the assessed property owners/tax payers assessed for the improvement must make a written request for each feature to be added and agree to the increased assessed cost that it represents. I request that these suggestions would be taken into consideration along with those submitted by other members of the Spring Lake Road/County Road I residents group. I believe that a revised policy that encourages the preservation of our neighborhood aesthetics and includes incentives to minimize project costs will begin to restore confidence and trust in Mounds View City government and eliminate the conflict which we have all been experiencing. Michael Hegland