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Mounds View City Council March 14, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 8 1 Public Works Director Lee stated that they could if they worked with the Watershed District and 2 said that the bond isn’t feasible and it’s too exorbitant and the property owners aren’t agreeable. 3 4 Mr. Rudnik stated he is in support of the street project, and the streets need to be redone, but the 5 biggest issue is finding a solution for the ponding that doesn’t destroy everything. 6 7 Mr. Amundsen stated he didn’t understand why this section of town was being done right now 8 when there were other sections in the city where the streets were in worse condition than his 9 neighborhood. 10 11 Kimberly Christ, 2824 Woodale Drive, stated that it was time to stand up against the Rice Creek 12 Watershed District. She also stated that she is definitely opposed to the sidewalks. She stated 13 she agreed with the comments made about the dangerous parking situation at the church. 14 15 Mayor Marty closed the public hearing. 16 17 Council Member Stigney asked whether there were areas of the city that had streets in worse 18 condition than this area. 19 20 Public Works Director Lee stated that some of the areas slated for 2006 were in worse condition 21 than this area that was slated for 2005. 22 23 Council Member Stigney asked if the main factor was the contractor’s proximity to the 2004 24 project, regardless of whether they were bidding for the 2005 project or not. 25 26 Public Works Director Lee stated that another factor was that the City Council had wanted to 27 look at doing a larger project in 2004, and at that time they were using the 1999 pavement 28 condition indexes, and since that time those have been updated. 29 30 Council Member Stigney stated it would have been preferable to have asked on the feedback 31 form whether they were in favor of concrete curb or bituminous, but his personal opinion was 32 that if it was only a $186 difference, he would definitely favor concrete. He asked why the 33 county didn’t put concrete on Silver Lake Road. 34 35 Public Works Director Lee stated that they hadn’t because it’s not permanent, and they are 36 planning to do something else with Silver Lake Road in the near future so that’s why they used 37 bituminous. 38 39 Council Member Thomas stated she felt the question regarding concrete curb and gutter versus 40 bituminous was important to be asked of the citizens in each separate project. 41 42 Mayor Marty stated from here on out, they better put that question back in at the neighborhood 43 meetings every year. 44 45