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Mounds View City Council February 12, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 7 Mayor Marty indicated that there are TIF funds that could be used for roads so this puts that off 1 another year and those TIF districts will begin expiring. He then said that if the money is not 2 used for streets then the City will have to bond for the project. 3 4 Ms. Haake asked whether this was really about how much it was costing them that caused the 5 people to sign the petition. 6 7 City Administrator Ulrich said that one thing to do will be to work with the Charter Commission 8 provisions to see if there may be an amendment to allow for compromise or working out the 9 details of the project. He then said that the other item is that the Charter provides for that if a 10 petition equal to or greater than the number of petitions against the project, then the project 11 would move forward. He further said that there is no time frame on that but, the City needs this 12 to move forward, if it is going to, in the next month or so to make this year’s construction cycle. 13 14 Dan Mueller of 8343 Groveland Road said that the City is not doing his road yet but he has sat in 15 on some of the road meetings and he said that there are residents who realize that something has 16 to be done, but when the presentations are given residents feel like the project is being rammed 17 down their throat, and they have nothing to say about it. He then said that people do not want to 18 feel threatened. 19 20 Mayor Marty indicated that with the sidewalk on the south side of Grovelan,d he does not recall a 21 petition but it was down to the final hour and in the last street project the last woman that got up 22 to speak raised the issue about building a sidewalk because, if you build a sidewalk, the kids will 23 come and use it. Her concern was that is not a controlled intersection making it dangerous to 24 route kids to it, and that is why he changed his mind. 25 26 Mr. Mueller said that narrowing up the streets will not slow them down either and it concerns 27 him for fire trucks to be able to get down the streets if they are narrow. 28 29 Juliann Love of 7900 Sunnyside Road said that she is kind of a single issue person on this whole 30 road project because she wants Hillview narrower because she likes the feeling of a quiet 31 residential area and a 42 foot wide road makes it feel more like a thoroughfare and she would 32 like the idea of a sidewalk on one side. 33 34 Ms. Love said that the parking at Hillview Park should be angled on Greenwood and Hillview so 35 that people do not have to cross the street. 36 37 Mayor Marty indicated the City considered narrowing Hillview but, after discussions, it as 38 determined that residents did not want it narrowed. He then said that there was additional 39 parking planned for around the park area. 40 41 Naja Werner said that everyone should have been at the informational meetings. She then said 42 that maybe the residents were presented a Cadillac plan and, if the girls who circulated the 43 petition, had asked why the residents were not in favor of the street plan it would be a matter of 44