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City Council meeting of March 15, 2004 Page 6 staff estimated park improvements costs at a minimum of $200,000. The parks dedication fund has, to date, an amount of $642,936. As members of the Oakshore Park Association, Council members Petryk and Granger did not participate in Council discussion. Council reviewed the three options for proceeding as outlined in stars report, and agreed that Option B should be pursued by the City. This option would proceed with the making of an offer to the HOA on the property. Steve Koeppen, President of the Association, appeared before Council to answer questions and express the wishes of the Association. Haas made motion, Puleo seconded, that the City make an offer to the Oakshore Homeowner's Association for the purchase of their property and identify the uses/limitations for public use of the park. All aye. Motion Carried. GRAVEL ROAD PAVING POLICY From time -to -time, the City is approached by residents requesting that the City pave the gravel roadway adjacent to their residences. This is most common in the non-MUSA portion of the City, but does occur from time -to -time within the MUSA area as well. City staff recently received two such requests: the paving of 132od Street (by the residents); and Elmcrest Avenue (by developer Len Pratt). City Staffwill be meeting with the residents affected by both projects (Elmcrest Avenue for the 2°d time), in the near future to discuss the paving of these two roadways. Earlier this year, the City Council was approached by developer Len Pratt with his offer to provide a bituminous road into the Fable Hill residential subdivision. Len has agreed to pay for the cost of a bituminous overlay on Elmcrest Avenue, south of CSAH 8 into the subdivision. In preparation for the neighborhood meetings, City staffwould like to discuss amendments to the City's gravel roadway paving policy. City Engineer Jay Kennedy, Public Works Director Chris Petree, and Senior Engineering Technician Scott Anderson have developed the proposed amendments. Jay provided an overview of the suggestions. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to move forward with the next steps to address issues, schedule neighborhood meetings, and formulate a method to prioritize paving requests. All aye. Motion Carried. J.1 PUBLIC WORKS TREE TRIMMING AND BRUSHING SCHEDULE J.2 REQUEST FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO CRT'S Because of the lateness of the meeting: Puleo made motion, Petryk seconded, to table agenda items J.1 and J.2 until the Council meeting of April 5, 2004. All aye. Motion Carried.