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10), 1 p/ 5 i� >� U C� it k'CJ°7G -Pro M - March 9, 1998 Delay Spring Lake Road/County Road I (SLR/CRI) reconstruction until 1999 . EXPLANATION of main five (5) reasons for delay (Petition circulated weekend of 2/7, 2/8: 44 houses, 40 For delay; 67 signatures total) 1 . Current Road Improvement Policy does not allow For input from the residents; it does not address neighborhood character or its aesthetics: it needs review to allow For the education of the affected residents assessed For projects and to provide For a vehicle (survey, questionnaire, consensus) to get a majority approval of the rood improvement project by affected residents. These provisions would be mandatory so that a road improvement project does not result in an adversarial relationship between the Mounds View City Council and its residents. 2. Residents told they would be assessed 50% For road improvements on a 30' road width (told this is "road policy" but not Found in Ordinance 600 nor in Chapter 202). This has created a proposed $41 .04 front Foot assessment For Spring Lake Road/County Road I residents in 1998. (In 1997, Old Hwy 8 reconstruction was only assessed X22/i.) A review of this assessment policy/amount should be made taking into consideration State Statute 429 that applies a cost/beneFit analysis of said assessment ie. value of improvement has to be justified by an increased valuation of the benefiting property. 3. Residents on SLR/CRI have asked For other upgrade options (current proposal For SLR/CRI is For 32' width, curb/gutter installed with storm sewer) so they can judge which option best Fits their neighborhood and their Financial concerns. Delay until 1999 will provide time For this request For other road designs be met. The present policy needs to be amended to require that costs of all upgrade/reconstruction options be available to affected road improvement residents so the residents can consider the type of road they • want with complete cost information. 4. All residents in Mounds View can beneFit from a Full explanation of the various Financial Funds available on any road improvement project and the city's budgetary needs. MSA Funding has strict policies that need thorough understanding by all of Mounds View's citizens, ie. road width requirements, curb/gutter requirements, clear zone requirements, variance options, Funding penalties, etc. 5. Concern For water quality and water quantity is paramount to any road project (best water management practices). Options as to the handling of storm water runoff needs to be explored (ie. storm sewers, landscaping options, natural plantings and holding ponds) and discussed with all affected road project residents. A provision needs to be established and added to Mounds View's present Public Improvement policy addressing these options so that curb and gutter are not the only solutions to water runoff. Mounds View is not ready to reconstruct Spring Lake Road/County Road I until the above concerns, information and Facts are related to all of the residents along the SLR/CRI corridor. Reconstruction of these roads will be permanent. Our neighborhood will reflect this improvement as long as we live. How do we want our neighborhoods to appear, Feel and be? DELAY THE PROJECT UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF THE FACTS, UNTIL THE "PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT "POLICY IS EXPANDED AND UNTIL WE AGREE WITH THE FINAL PLAN AND COST ESTIMATES OF THIS ROAD PROJECT •