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TO: Mounds View City Council . FROM: Mary Malrick 784-3890 Barbara Haake 784-8260 DATE: March 20, 1998 RE: Spring Lake Road/County Road I(SLR/CRI)Reconstruction In the past, staff has informed the citizens and city council that the were unable to locate docu- mentation which mandated road standards in the City of Mounds View. We all were told that 32'street widths with curb and gutter were mandated by "Road Improvement Policy" and assessments would be based on a 30'wide street with the additional 2'picked up by the city. It was not until the week of March 16th that a document was found. (Please see attachment titled "Resolution No. 4825".) Resolution No. 4825 was adopted and signed on September 26, 1995. This document made provision for: -recommended street width of 30'measured from curb face to curb face; -also, street widths of 26', 28', 30', 32'and 38'; - allowances for less than 30' in width: a. should circumstances exist that would greatly increase the construction cost; b. or circumstances determined to be a detriment to the neighborhood ie. loss of IIIan extremely high amount of mature trees, etc.; c. will need approval of a majority of the property owners on the affected street. Also attached are the city council minutes and discussion leading up to the adoption of Resolution No. 4825 dated September 26, 1995 and more minutes from October 9, 1995. The minutes reflect the same repetitious arguments that have been stated throughout the 1995 street reconstruction discussions, the present SLR/CRI upgrading and will be repeated again on future road reconstruction projects. Sue Hankner and Julie Trude discussed at length and repeatedly stated that..."they(the citizens) need to have a consensus of a majority of the neighborhood"..."would like the neighborhoods to have a more active say than a passive say as to what they want"..."(Resolution) does not address impacts to the landscape plans or the feeling of the neighborhood in the sense of community". We agree with Sue Hankner's statement that an informational meeting be held before the "feasibility study is commenced to get citizen input and another meeting after(its drafting) to go over the study and what is being proposed to provide residents with an active participation tool to influence the council in their final decision". Other familiar statements came from Julie Trude who said..."some people view their homes as an extension of the street and others view their home as part of a green space and the streets are strictly a way to get to and from places...that(the citizens) wanted to stay with the road widths 0 that the city has now...that they are concerned about traffic speeds and costs".