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Mounds View City Council January 22, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Ms. Shavonic asked if sidewalks are being added with the project. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that if Hillview were narrowed sidewalks would have been added but the 4 <br />City is not talking about any new sidewalks in the current project area. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Ms. Shavonic asked what the increase is per year for the new school referendum passed. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that it would be $76.00 per $100,000 of value for approximately 9 <br />$162.00 for an average home in the City. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Ms. Shavonic asked what the tax increase would be for the curb and gutter. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Finance Director Beer estimated about $420.00 per year over 10 years. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Ms. Shavonic said that when Council was talking about the different options she would like to 16 <br />know what the strategy is for finding out the best plan for each individual street. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Mayor M arty indicated that this has been an ongoing process for years and there were complaints 19 <br />of too many surveys in this area and comments that residents just want the roads done. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Anna Shavonic of 7959 Sunnyside Road asked about the position of the sod and asked whether 22 <br />during the three years it takes the sod to become established the City will be maintaining it. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that it has to be mowed and watered or it will die and that is the 25 <br />responsibility of the resident. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Ms. Shavonic said that it makes this sound like a days worth of work when you cannot enter your 28 <br />driveway or street but she read in the documentation that there would actually be seven days for 29 <br />the concrete to set. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Public Works Director Lee explained that there would be a period of seven days that vehicles 32 <br />could not travel over the concrete to allow for the time to cure and vehicles would be allowed to 33 <br />park in front of homes rather than on the driveways. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Ms. Shavonic indicated that some residents have upcoming events for the summer and they 36 <br />would like to know when roads are affected to allow for planning. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that the plans are not approved and the project has not been ordered. He 39 <br />then said that Staff has a timeline set up. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Public Works Director Lee explained that this project, if approved, would begin in July of 2007 42 <br />and end in 2008. He then said that anyone with events being planned can contact Staff to be 43 <br />scheduled into the construction process. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Ms. Shavonic asked Staff to make sure there is information available to residents at any 46 <br />upcoming meetings. 47