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Mounds View City Council March 14, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 4 improvement in the 2005 Street Improvement Project that are south of County Road I 1 and east of Silver Lake Road. He stated the reason for doing this section is economy due to its 2 proximity to the location of the streets that were done in 2004 and storm water utility 3 considerations. He advised that the map was set up based on 1 ½ miles of streets per year, which 4 correlates to $1.5 million per year. He stated this is a complete street upgrade, and the streets 5 would be completely removed and new subgrade added. There would be concrete curb and 6 gutter and a new bituminous. There would be utility repairs, sanitary sewer repairs, and storm 7 sewer added, along with storm water infiltration basins. He stated that as part of this plan, they 8 would like to add a sidewalk on Knollwood and Woodcrest. He stated that $950,000 of the cost 9 would be paid out of city funds, and they would be selling bonds for that, and there would be 10 $350,000 of assessments allocated between 101 single family properties. The single family 11 residential home assessment would be a little under $3,000, payable over 10 years with an 12 interest rate of 5 percent, although this could be paid off early to avoid interest charges. 13 14 Public Works Director Lee stated that should the Council proceed with this project, the next 15 thing that would occur is a 60-day appeal period established by the City’s Charter, and if there is 16 a Petition filed with the City Council with more than 50 percent of the people in that area, this 17 project cannot go forward. However, if the project does go forward, Staff would be coming back 18 to the City Council on May 9th to order the project, and July 11th would be the assessment 19 hearing, and awarding the contracts for construction would begin August 1st. 20 21 Public Works Director Lee reported that a survey had been sent out regarding the sidewalks on 22 Knollwood and Woodcrest, and they had received 26 responses back, all opposed to the 23 sidewalks. 24 25 Mayor Marty opened the public hearing. 26 27 Valerie Amundson, 3048 Woodale Drive, stated that since she had sent her survey in, she had 28 decided she was opposed to the project because there is a property across the street from hers that 29 has not been developed yet. She informed the Council that over the last three or four years the 30 City has been dumping fill from projects on the property, and there has been substantial damage 31 that has occurred to their street as a result of that. She doesn’t believe this project should move 32 forward until the dumping has ceased and the property has been developed. 33 34 Mayor Marty stated it was his understanding that the fill had stopped last year. 35 36 Public Works Director Lee advised that their grade permit had expired, so they would have to 37 come back to the City to get another grading permit. 38 39 Ms. Amundson stated that the property could not be developed as it is now, and there would need 40 to be major work to make that property buildable. She stated she didn’t want to waste her $3,000 41 until that was done. 42 43 Jim Wilson, 7025 Pleasantview Drive, stated that it was his opinion that the streets didn’t need to 44 be completely redone because they weren’t in that bad of shape. He stated he works for MnDOT 45