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City Engineer Jankowski stated that at the close of the hearing, staff was directed to conduct a survey to determine the favorability of sidewalks and he noted that the results of the survey were distributed just prior to the meeting. He reviewed the information gathered in the survey. He stated that staff is asking to be directed to proceed with preparing plans and specs for this project. Councilmember Wise stated that it was constructed with 4 inches of Class 5 and the proposed improvement is only 4 to 6 inches and asked if the road would really be stronger. Councilmember Look returned to the chambers at 7: 15 p.m. City Engineer Jankowski explained the road structure and noted that it will be more than what is currently in place. Councilmember Elvig stated that this came before the Public Works Committee and there was discussion about policy. He stated that this was looked at because it is an MSA road and more funding is available. He noted that with projects on MSA roads in the past, it has been a policy to put in sidewalks. He noted that Councilmember McGlone asked him to speak on his behalf tonight. He stated that when a sidewalk is put in, there are always people that say they were initially opposed to a sidewalk, but end up liking it. He stated that he would like to make sure that sidewalk costs are included in the costs, at least as an alternate. Councilmember Dehen stated that there are basic project costs and alternate project costs and if the City assessed the basic costs without a sidewalk, it would be about $13,820 per household. He stated that the City policy is to pay for half of that, which would be roughly $6,910. He stated that the City is proposing only a $1,700 assessment, which is a tremendous savings of about $5,000 for these residents. He stated that with a sidewalk, the residents would be getting an even bigger savings. He stated that the question, for him, is more far reaching and asked what is done with cuI de sacs that branch off Andrie Street. He asked if those would be assessed half the cost of curb and gutter when their street is reconstructed. City Engineer Jankowski stated that the policy for reconstruction projects has not been created, but noted that the cuI de sacs branching offwere not in as bad a condition as Andrie and 164th. Councilmember Dehen asked if the City could be getting into a problem assessing for this project of$I,700 and around the comer on the cuI de sac they will have an assessment anywhere between $6,000 and $8,000. City Engineer Jankowski stated that this could end up happening. Councilmember Dehen asked if there is a case to be made that if there are sidewalks on Andrie Street there should be sidewalks on the cuI de sacs. City Engineer Jankowski stated that the current policy requires sidewalks on one side of the street, except cuI de sacs. City Council / February 24, 2009 Page 6 of 19