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Case #7: Order 2008 Street Maintenance Program City Engineer Jankowski stated that there have been a few petitions circulating regarding Improvement Project #08-06 Northfork. He stated that the Council needs to make a decision tonight whether to order a bituminous overlay as originally planned or delete the project from the Street Maintenance program and. entertain a larger project. He stated that staff is recommending that Improvement Project #08-06 be deleted to consider a possible larger project, but noted that the larger project could not be completed this year. Mayor Pro Tern Elvig asked for spokespeople from each side of the project to give a brief comment on the projects. Bill Kingston, 15760 Andrie Street NW, stated that he has been a resident since 1993 and has attended Public Works Committee meetings and has spent time with both the homeowners association and the City Engineer talking about this situation. He stated that there was an open house on April 23, 2008, to educate neighbors about the project. He stated that after the meeting, the homeowners association developed a survey that was circulated to all home owners asking for input on what was most important to them for this project. He stated that they sent out 78 surveys and got 39 of them back, and of those, 26 were in favor of the alternate proposal. He stated that a petition was developed and he has 32 of 42 signatures in his possession, but the others are waiting for him in his mail box, so he cannot present them to the Council. He stated that the home owners would like the project to be considered as 2 projects, the road, and the sidewalk/trails. He stated that their concern with the trail is that it would start and end nowhere and would like to hold off on the trail construction until there can be a hook up to R TC, for example. Greg Fritz, 16280 Andrie Street, stated that an overlay project will be completed in just a few days, but a reconstruction will take weeks and will cause a lot of impact to the homeowners. He stated that many neighbors have lawn irrigation systems and plants and flowers in the area and new mail boxes were just installed. He stated that he doesn't see how a concrete curb and a stripe down the middle of the road will add value and he feels it will just call out to people that this is a main road through the neighborhood. He stated that he understands that the City will pay to repair the damage done to the sprinkler system after the project is completed, but there will be dead vegetation in the mean time. He stated that he doesn't think that 50% of the people along the street want the larger project to be done and he would like to see the original project completed with bituminous overlay. Mayor Pro Tern Elvig stated that he didn't think the Council could act without being sure that there was 50% of the residents in favor of taking the overlay project out. City Engineer Jankowski stated that the Andrie Street project could be sent out as an addendum, if necessary. Mayor Pro Tern Elvig suggested that when the bids go out, that the Andrie Street overlay could be included as an add alternate, so it can be included or taken out, if necessary. City Council / May 13, 2008 Page 12 of 17