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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Eagan Council recinds action, denies Rahn Road improvements - 2/7/1985In Eagan Council resc inds action, denies Rahn improvemenl:s By CHRISTY DeJOY EAGAN -- The final vote is in and Rahn Road won't be getting the proposed improvements after all. The Eagan City Council rescinded its Jan. 2 motion to ap- prove renovation for the street 'and denied the project at the Feb. 5 meeting. An error was made by the city and all. property owners along Rahn Road were not notified. The city realized the error after citizens who were not notified read of council action in local press and called the Municipal Center. At the Feb. 5 public hearing the council polled residents present and all but one were opposed to the improvements, which would have cost property owners $1,745 per single - family residential lot, $2,619 per multiple- family resi- dential lot and $54.96 per front foot of commercial lots, with pay- ments spread over 15 years. The improvements on Rahn from Beau De Rue to Cliff road called for new curbs, gutters and street surface, with a widening of the street in some areas from 36, to 40 or 44 feet. Turn lanes were proposed at the corner/ of Rahn and Diffley r rads. The citizen expressed concern that Rahn Road would turn into a main througt way and traffic and speed of cars would increase from its curr _nt high rate. Many with children said the area is not a safe place to live. Other con - cerns were i icreased noise and pollution, ar d the danger of creating a pa -king lane. Some resir ents, although op- posed to rer ovation, requested additional stop signs to slpw traf- fic on Rahn Road. "We need a squad (to patrol the area) there w tether there are im- provements (r not," Mayor Bea Blomquist ag •eed. IN OTHER ACTION, THE COUNCIL: APPROVEI) the final assess- ment for Rose Hill and authorized certification to the county for col- lection of unpaid assessments to be spread ove • five years. CONTINUE 3 until Feb. 19 the public hearing; for consideration of sanitary sei, 'er of the Williams and L'aRue Addition. APPROVEL the vacation of public right -of way over the east half of the R est Service Road (See Eagan, p.10A) FEBRUARY 7, 1985 Eagan......... (Continued from front page) south of Center Court. { APPROVED the final assessments of $11,000 for the Ashworth, Tscherne and Holden properties and $22,000 for the Krueger property for streets and utilities on Blackhawk Road. APPROVED multi- family housing revenue bonds in the amount of $13,365,000 for Royal Oaks Circle. APPROVED multi - family housing revenue bonds in the amount of $12,560,000 for LeMay Lake. APPROVED street name changes for East Blue Gentian Road to O'Neill Drive, Violet Lane to Duckwood Drive and Englert Road to Blackhawk Hills Road. fr APPROVED the preliminary )lat of Eagan Woods Office Park. APPROVED the conditional use permit for a four -story office building in Eagan Woods. APPROVED the preliminary plat of Town Centre 100. APPROVED the conditional use permit to allow a 10 -story of- fice building in Town Centre. APPROVED a variance for parking stall dimensions. APPROVED the preliminary plat of Town Centre 70. APPROVED the conditional use permit for a drive -up bank facility at Cedar Cliff Shopping Center. APPROVED the 1984 budget revision.