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