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I City of New Brighton March 22, 1983 Page Three was out of the ground. to maintain the street patching of bad areas, would take to keep the and passable. Mr. Ken Chupita, 1565 23rd Ave. N.W., stated that with a new road there would be no need for additional maintenance costs, and indicated that this area of 23rd Ave. N.W. was a low traffic area. The cost indicated would include and whatever else it street looking good Mrs. Sullivan, 1615 Silver Lake Road, asked the City Engineer if streets, after recon- struction, would really last thirty years, as he indicated in his presentation, and would the street be maintenance free during that time? The City Engineer indicated that he would expect a seal coat would be needed approximately every five-seven years. I Mrs. Sullivan questioned why it was necessary to tear a whole street up when only a few areas needed repair. The City Engineer responded that the total street system had to be looked at in terms of cost effectiveness. Mayor Harcus indicated that he had been out to review the condition of the streets in the proposed projects and had come to the conclusion that there were streets in far worse condition than 23rd Avenue. He further stated that with the opposition to this project, he would make a motion to delete this project or postpone it until 1986. Motion died for lack of a second. I Councilmember Schmidt stated that after looking at the streets the past week and considering all the citizens' comments at the last council meeting, he was prepared to postpone the reconstruction. He further stated that after looking at the dollar amounts presented by the City Engineer comparing the alternatives to reconstruction, he could not justify anything but reconstruction from a financial standpoint. Motion by Harcus, seconded by Schmidt to close the public hearing.