Minutes - Council - 12/14/1993 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I Motion cStried, Voting Yes: Mayor Oilbertson, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Hardin, Beyer and Peterson. Voting No: None. The Persoimel Committee recommended that no further personal and/or area air sampling be pefforn!ed at the Public Works facility as the levels are significantly below their respecfive~limits. The Coun°il agreed with the Committee recommendation and no further action is necessary. Case g9: Report from Road and Bridge Committee City Engirneer Jankowski stated that the annual street paving program was discussed. Council ~ directed that Staff draft a policy to get the remaining streets paved and budgeted r$20,000 toward this. Because of the high individual assessment costs, the Committ~ :discussed placing a cap on the assessment amount. Streets that will soon become MSA streets were excluded. He stated he presented a target subsidy and various cap levels.were proposed. Historical data was reviewed with regard to assessments. He proposed a $4,000 assessment cap; at that level, the City can expect to spend $70,000 in subsidies. He stated the Road and Bridge Committee is recommending that the City Council adopt the $4,000 assessment level and to have it indexed so it would be adjusted annually tO allow for inflation. Mr. Jankowski stated that the 1994 Projects for Paving were discussed. The proposal for 1994 is to,target Bison Street and the sections of Jackal and Iguana between 153rd and 151 st Avenues N.W. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Hardin to establish the average amount of assessment at $4,000 and that it be indexed to allow for inflation. Further disoussion: Councilmember Hardin stated he would like to have more time to review this pr.oposal. Councilmember Beyer stated she has a problem using tax payer's dollars for Paving other streets. Councilmembers Zimmerman withdrew his motion and Councilmember Hardin withdrew his second; Councilmomber Zimmennan stated the plan is to reduce the miles of gravel. Mayor Gilbextson stated that with this proposal, all dirt roads would be taken care of by the year 1997.'. If the dirt roads are kept, the City will need a new road grader soon plus the maintenance and it would cost well over $100,000. Councilmember Beyer stated this is probably a good idea but she asked to see some more information on it, City Engineer Jankowski offered to send the information out to the Councilmembers. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to direct Staff to prepare a feasibility study for the 1994 Street Maintenance Program. City Council/December 14, 1993 Page 14 of 15