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Council Meeting Minutes for December 18, 2023 <br />Page 9 of 11 <br />as built by the developer, was 32 feet with an asphalt curb. Residents had expressed preference <br />on keeping the wider road and had concerns regarding the curb type and wanted the ability to <br />easily traverse a surmountable curb if walkers or bikers needed to get off the roadway due to <br />traffic. The Public Works Department preferred a barrier type curb. Staff felt they could <br />maintain a surmountable curb, but sod could be damaged by plows. <br />Eight of the 30 property owners were represented at the meeting, and there was no consensus on <br />the roadway width. Erichson explained there would be approximately $70,000 in increased cost <br />for a wider roadway. He said no decision needed to be made this evening if Council wanted to <br />give property owners more time to come to a consensus. Staff’s recommendation was a 28-foot <br />roadway with a change to the surmountable curb type. <br />Miron questioned how the City determines what the standard road width is. Erichson replied that <br />standards are looked at annually. There are variations if it is a collector roadway or parking is <br />necessary, but the width is standard among other communities, and state aid standards are also <br />considered for consistency. <br />Klein asked if there was another project if this one was not done. Erichson replied there was a <br />Capital Improvement Plan that could be looked at and considered. Staff tries to lump similar <br />types of projects together in geographic areas to get the best bidding, so continuing with 125th <br />Street, staff would likely look for another project in that area. <br />Petryk asked about input from others not at the meeting and if there was a substantial saving over <br />curb type. Erichson said he had received two emails; one raised a lot of questions not pertaining <br />to Hugo but to other communities and whether the roads needed improved. Another resident <br />thanked the City for allowing public comments and indicated they were in favor of a project but <br />their preference was a 32-foot-wide road and surmountable curb. Erichson said there was not <br />much difference in the curb costs. <br />Strub asked if there was still time to do another project. Erichson replied there was, and they <br />would need to go through the whole public improvement process again. The process on other <br />projects had been started later before, so it could be done. <br />Miron said he appreciated all the meetings and those that provided feedback. He said when a <br />road project is done, the City wants to make sure the outcome is valuable to residents, not to <br />approve a project and spend resources to have folks frustrated on the outcome. He said he <br />personally struggled with spending CIP dollars that go over and above what the standard project <br />costs, and he questioned how that would be financed. He said he had no issues with the <br />surmountable curb. <br />Klein agreed with Miron and said there are standards and it had been proven that the width of the <br />standard road would cause cars to slow down. He said the neighborhood seemed unsure on what <br />they wanted, so he would like to see the project put on hold for a few more years and find <br />another area that was more amenable to a street project.