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Mounds View City Council September 13, 2021 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 drain into the storm sewer. 3 Council Member Meehlhause questioned what percentage of Ramsey County property taxes does 4 the City of Mounds View represent. Finance Director Beer estimated the County's percentage of 5 the tax bill was 26%. 7 Council Member Meehlhause inquired if additional equipment or staff would be required to 8 maintain the proposed trail. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the City 9 already had equipment to plow the sidewalk; it would simply take staff a little more time. He 10 estimated the future maintenance costs would be fog sealing in the future. 11 12 Council Member Meehlhause asked how many streets in Mounds View do not have curb and 13 gutter. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson commented Pleasantview has an 14 asphalt curb and gutter and Spring Lake Road did not have either curb or gutter. 15 16 Council Member Meehlhause commented further on how the concrete driveway with rebar would 17 be impacted by this project because curb and gutter would now be installed. 18 19 Council Member Bergeron inquired what action the Council was being asked to take this evening. 20 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the Council was being asked to keep 21 the project moving forward. He noted plans cannot be changed or altered once the 100% designs 22 are created because this was an MSA roadway. 23 24 Mayor Mueller questioned if the homes along Spring Lake Road on the north side of Mounds View 25 Boulevard had their mailboxes placed two to a post when the last street project was completed. 26 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported this was the case. 27 28 Mayor Mueller discussed her street reconstruction experience noting she did not have any concerns 29 with the grouped mailboxes. She noted she had a bike trail and sidewalk along Groveland Road, 30 which she lived on. She explained these amenities had really grown on her noting the City removes 31 the snow along the sidewalk and the trail and sidewalk have improved pedestrian safety. She 32 described how the City worked with her to allow her to save her gardens and plantings. She 33 commented on how her driveway was impacted through the street project. She stated in the end 34 the street improvement project turned out to be a real blessing for her family. 35 36 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported the 100% plans will be coming 37 back to the City Council for consideration on October 25, 2021 prior to being submitted to State 38 Aid. 39 40 Mayor Mueller questioned if the City would be able to submit two plans to State Aid for 41 consideration for this project. Tyler McLeete, Stantec, explained the challenge around the decision 42 if a trail or sidewalk should go forward was that he needed to understand if the trail would be 43 installed at some point in the future as part of the design or if the road would be kept in the same 44 place. He discussed how this impacted the road model within the right-of-way. He commented if 45 the sidewalk was installed back to curb, this would require him to go back to the watershed district 46 with new BMP's. He indicated this was possible, but would just impact the roadway location and