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. . . City Council Work Session Meeting February 21,2006 2 that URS will strive to improve upon in the future. He noted that the timeliness of receiving written information will probably improve now that the City has an engineer on staff. Mr. Brown also noted that his team will strive to improve its projected cost estimates in the future. Mr. Greg Brown mentioned that his team is very comfortable working with the City's new engineer and thc City of Roseville. URS typically works with communities that have an engineer on staff. He believes that this arrangement will be very good for the City in the future, Councilmember Holden thanked URS for being responsive to the City's engineering needs over the years. She was wondering if the final project costs included in the written report submitted by URS included the cost for right-of-way acquisition, Mr. Brown stated that the project totals do not include the cost for Right-of-Way acquisition and only included the actual construction costs, Councilmember Pellegrin noted in the annual report that there were concerns regarding timeliness of work on the part ofURS. Mr. Greg Brown noted that timeliness of work was a staff concern and that URS will work on addressing this issue in the future. Mr. Brown also stated that URS needs to do a better job of estimating project costs in the future. The construction market has changed and it is important that URS uses a more conservative approach when estimating project costs in the future. Councilmember Pellegrin asked ifURS is holding the contractor responsible for meeting project deadlines. Mr. Brown stated that URS has been working as the City's contract administrator in the past and tries to keep the contractor on schedule by withholding money for liquidated damages if the project is not completed on time, COlmcilmember Grant said that he was concerned about street reconstruction projects not being completed in the same calendar year. He would prefer that the project be completed during the same calendar year in which the project began. Councilmember Larson thanked URS for their quality engineering work for the City over the years. PTRC Vision Plan Members of the PTRC Committee presented to the City Council a vision plan for the City's park and trail system, The purpose of this meeting was to articulate a vision based on the 2002 Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan to improve the City's existing park and trail system. The presentation discussed different ways of potentially improving the parks and trails system and the community's involvement in these programs.