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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 13, 2004 3 - 4. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL Bill Henry, 3521 Ridgewood Court, stated for the last 27 years he has worked as a consultant for governing boards and non-profit organizations. He stated he would like to live in a City that was well governed. He offered three suggestions: First, it was his observation that the Council was reasonably clear as to what the City was attempting to achieve, without knowing why. Second, he stated the Council did an inordinate amount of time doing other people's work. He proposed they trust the staff to do their jobs. He stated the Council was not here to manage the City; they were here to govern it. Third, governance is impossible without conflict management. He stated the Council could not manage the City without managing conflict. He stated it was the Council's job to resolve conflicts. Mayor Aplikowski thanked him for his comments and asked him what he was basing his experience on. Mr. Henry stated he was a member of the PTRC, but his comments were not based solely on the PTRC, but as an observer. Councilmember Larson stated Council was going into a planning retreat in January where some of these concerns would be looked at and thanked Mr. Henry for his comments. e 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS None. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. 2003 PMP Inl!erson/Karth Lake East Neil!hborhood - Chanl!e Order #1 for additional watermain and curb renlacement work Mr. Brown stated the Council awarded the 2003 PMP Ingerson Neighborhood Reconstruction project to Amt Construction on July 9, 2003 for $] ,903,536.10, The estimated construction cost in the adopted feasibility report was approximately $2,]25,000. He indicated project work was substantially completed in late fall 2003 with final punch list items completed this past summer with the exception of landscape warranty work due to expire next spring. He indicated six partial payments totaling $1,856,662.9] have been approved by the Council to date. Mr. Brown reviewed Change Order #1 and noted the total requested change order amount was $126,487.93, He noted the requested change order represents approximately 6.6% of the original contract amount. He recommended the City Council approve Change Order #1 for the 2003 PMP Project totaling $126,487.93. He stated the contract amount of $1,903,536,10 will be e increased by $126,487.93 to a new total contract amount of$2,030,024.03. Councilmember Grant stated it was his understanding they were going to replace the infrastructure under the road, and the valves had been there since the original installation in the