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City Council Minutes November 21, 2005 Page 10 . :Mr. Beck stated the applicant would need to provide a written letter agreeing to extend the timeframe deadline by 60 days on all four items prior to the Council acting on them. He stated if the Council wished to deny the items tonight they would need to provide findings for the denial. :Mr. Pacheco stated he would like to continue to work with the city and agreed to submit a letter extending the timeframe deadline. Councilmember Motin stated he was concerned about changing the zoning from commercial to residential. He stated this will make the other commercial lots in the area less desirable for commercial development. :Mr. Pacheco stated the revised drawings include the frontage road requested by the city and meet MnjDOT specifications. He stated concerns regarding the cost to him for the frontage road. :Mr. Maurer recommended the frontage road be connected to a signalized intersection and that MnjDOT Local Initiative funds may be available in 2007 for this project. Items 6.9.-6.12. were acted upon after Item 6.14. on this agenda in order to give:Mr. Pacheco time to draft and submit his letter requesting the timeframe extension. 6.13. Dodge Avenue Improvement-Resolution Accepting Feasibility Report and Ordering Public Hearing . :Mr. Maurer presented the feasibility report for the reconstruction of Dodge Avenue. He stated he held an informational meeting with the affected property owners and they feel the improvement will help their businesses. He stated approximately 40% would be assessed to property owners and 60% would be paid from street reserves. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 05-124 RECEIVING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE DODGE AVENUE IMPROVEMENT OF 2005. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 6.14. Highland Road Improvement Resolution Ordering Preliminary Feasibility Report for the Highland Road Reconstruction :Mr. Maurer stated he held an informational meeting with property owners in Ridgewood East and Ridgewood East 3rd Addition regarding four options for an improvement in the Highland Road area. He stated the owners had interest in either adding a sidewalk along Highland Road or reconstructing the road and adding sidewalks. Councilmember Dietz questioned if city sewer could be added under the road for future services. He questioned how the cost to hookup would be determined. . :Mr. Maurer stated as many services as possible would be stubbed in under the road in order to protect it from future open-cutting. He stated the stub in of sewer could be funded with the sewer fund and if property owners hook up at a later date, there would be some reimbursement to the city of the costs via assessments.