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-8- Item #7 Street Improvement and ornamental lighting, St. Anthony Boulevard from Stfnson Boulevard to Silver Lake Road was opened for consideration. The Village engineer explained in detail the proposed construction and outlined the costs as follows: Total Cost - $62,480.00 Assessable frontage 3900' Assessable cost per front foot $16.00 The Village engineer explained that included in the total cost of the improve- ment was $22,500.00 for underground wiring and ornamental street lighting. This part of the total assessment represented $5.75 per front foot. The Mayor opened the matter to general discussion. Mr. Dircks stated that in his petition for street lighting that he only wanted the standard wood poles. He was reminded that the Village Council had informed him at the time the petition was presented that an agreement with the Minneapolis Part: Board provided for ornamental street lighting on St. Anthony Boulevard. Mrs. Charles Kausel stated that ornamental poles had been removed several years ago by the Minneapolis Park Board. Mr. Charles Kausel stated that state aid funds or Village funds should be used for the improvement and that the property owners should not be assessed.. He also stated that . the street should be made wider than the width proposed. Mr. Olson explained that St. Anthony Boulevard was not a state aid street and was not eligible for such funds as the mileage had been distributed to other streets in 1961 prior to the Village's taking over the maintenance of the boulevard. Mr. Olson further stated that the width was arrived at to accommodate existing utilities and trees. Mr. Dircks again stated that he felt his petition was not for ornamental lighting. Mayor O 'Connor stated that the Village had to live up to its agreement with the Minneapolis,Park Board. Mrs. Johnson asked why the Village had taken over the Boulevard and stated that she felt that the City of Minneapolis should restore the roadway. Mayor O'Connor stated that the Boulevard was taken over by the Village in 1965 and stated that he felt the Council acted in the best interest of the Village. Frank Madden stated that it was not proper to assess the improvement 100% against abutting property owners and that he felt a 25% assessment would be more equitable. He said the Village only took over the Boulevard to protect the liquor store. The Mayor stated that 40 years is tops for the life of a roadway and that the residents could certainly expect an improvement after such a span of years. Mrs. Alois Schmid suggested the same type of paving for the area West of Silver Lake Road as proposed for the East side. Mr. Olson explained that the condition of the curbing, catch basins and surface was in far greater need of replacement on the area West of Silver Lake Road. Mrs. Schmid further stated that she did not use the street. Mr. Kausel stated that the Village should wait for the freeway storm sewer to be complet- ed so that storm water problems could be resolved on the boulevard before a surfacing program was instituted. Mr. Olson stated that the St. Anthony Boulevard storm sever capacity could be increased by 33 1/3% by the blocking of water coming from McKinley St. He informed those present that the Village was in the process of resolving the problem. Mr. Dircks stated that he also did not use the boulevard, that his guests parked in his driveway off of the alley. Mr. William Keefer, 2713 St. Anthony Boulevard felt that the project should be deferred until the water was handled first. Mr. Olson stated that the only problem was the correction of the outlet at the South