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<br />Informational Meeting Minutes <br />Ridgewood East/Ridgewood East Third Addition <br />Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br />Q: Will the homeowners be responsible for snow removal on a sidewalk or trail along <br />Highland Road? <br />A: No, the City Street Department or Parks Department will undertake the snow removal <br />activities from the sidewalk or a trail since it is deemed to have a larger regional <br />significance. However, it should be noted that trail snow removal is not the highest <br />priority in a snowfall event and it may take a day or two for the snow to be removed. <br /> <br />Q: Will there be additional lanes provided at Highland and Jackson for right turning <br />vehicles. Similar question regarding Highland and Proctor and at the entrance to Salk <br />School. <br />A: Geometries at these points would certainly be looked at in great detail if a project to <br />reconstruct Highland Road moves forward. At this point in time, we have not analyzed <br />the geometries or turning movements at any of these locations. It is reasonable to <br />assume that the street geometries would be widened out from the proposed 34-foot wide <br />urban service section at these locations to accommodate turning vehicles and bus <br />movements. <br /> <br />Q: Could the proposed costs of sewer and water be gone through again. <br />A: The slide involving the general costs of sewer and water, including assessment, hookups <br />and SAC and WAC was shown and explained. <br /> <br />Q: Are there stoplights proposed at any of the intersections along Highland Road? <br />A: No signalized intersections are anticipated. At this point in time, the answer would be <br />that we would replace the stop sign controls as they exist but we would also do a further <br />study of signing and striping along the whole corridor and have potential additional <br />signing/ striping proposals should the project move to the feasibility study. <br /> <br />Q: Has the traffic on Highland Road increased due to the closure of County Road 77 <br />(proctor Road) further to the north? <br />A: We don't have specific information but it is reasonable to expect that some vehicles are <br />cutting across at Highland Road to take other routes northerly that had previously used <br />Proctor Road. The answer went on to explain the timing of the reconstruction of <br />CSAH 33/County Road 77 indicating that this area should be reopened sometime in <br />2007. <br /> <br />Q: Are assessments just added to taxes? <br />A: The assessment process and the collection of assessment through the real estate tax <br />statements was explained in greater detail. <br /> <br />Q: What was put in a few years ago along Highland Road? <br />A: It was explained that the Elk River Municipal Utilities used the Highland Road corridor <br />to connect their east and west high pressure water zones so there is currently a <br />watermain along the entire length of Highland Road, although no one has been required <br />to hook up to it and no one along Highland Road has been assessed for this work. <br />