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Minutes of Regular Counci I Meeting Page four April 26, 1976 Feyereisen moved, seconded by Wingert, that Council approve Payment No.3 to Par-Z Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $21,891.51. Motion carried unanimously. (Johansen reported that Lift No.8 is not presently operating on auto- matic controls; transducer is being checked re malfunction problem). . Proposed Haml~ne Avenu9 Improvement Christoffersen referred Council to his letter of 4/26/76 re Proposed Hamllne ,A.venue Improvement, advising of Increase In total cost for bitumInous overlay from $54,760 to S58,300, to add I foot to width of shoulder (4' wide inst3ad of 3' wide); also recommending that Counc! I consider a maintenance procedure (filling chuck holes, dips and de- pressions with bituminous material and sealcoatlng the road surface) rather than proceeding with the 2" bituminous overlay which, in their opinion, would not be an economical solution to the improvement of Haml Ine Avenue. Atter discussion, Crichton moved, seconded by Feyerelsen, that Council authorize Engineer Christoffersen to proceed with specifications for filling of chuck holes, dips and depressions on Hamllne Avenue from County Road F to S.T.H.96, sealing of the road surface thereafter and construction of a 4' wide crushed limestone shoulder along the west side of the roadway; motion to also rescind motion of 4/19/76, order- Ing preparation of specifications for 2" bituminous overlay. Motion carried (Crichton, Feyereisen, Crepeau voting in favor of the motion; Woodburn, Wingert v6tlng In opposition). A stop sign was proposed at Hamline Avenue and County Road F. Matter was referred to Public Safety Committee for Its recommendations to Council. Proposed County Road F Improvement Council discussed the ~hree alternate proposals for the Improvement of County Road F, and the utilities considered necessary to Install at the time road is constructed. After discussion, Feyereisen moved, seconded by Crichton, that Council authoriLe Christofferser, to proceed with preparation of County Road F ~lans and Specifications for a 36' wide 9-ton road to meet M.S.A. specifications, from Lexington Avenue to Hamline Avenue; underground uti litles to be minimized wherever possible after determining utility needs of affected property owners and storm drainage needs. Motion carried unanimously. (Woodburn and Christoffersen to meet with City of Shorevlew and property owners.) State Aid Road Designa~ Christoffersen advised Council that Arden Hi lis is entitled to designate .8 additional miles of State Aid road; determination should be made prior to preparation of December report. . Matter was referred to the Public Works Committee for its recommenda- tions to Counci I. Christoffersen was requested to submit information re Stata Aid Road designation to Woodburn to relay to Public Works Committee, and to provide copies of map of Arden Hills State Aid Roads for Counc i I . REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR LARRY SQUIRES Proposed Structure at Mounds View High School Squires reported that high cost of construction prevents the School DIstrict from proceeding with construction of the structure to enclose ki In at this time at Mounds View High School, McKnight Geriatric Center Squires reported that Life Safety Code overlaps Building Code require- men~s and is very restrictive. He met with representatives from State Building Code Division, Horty, Elving and Associates (architects), the State Fire Marshal's office and the State Health Department re possible "trade-ofts" In consiTuction design to meet the energy regulations _ all in at~endance were in general agreement that the trade-offs requested could be allowed, but a waiver of the Federal Life Safety Code provi- -4-