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. . ~ Arden Hills Coun(~il August 31, 1992 1 ] UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS bCCEPT BID I~fORM~TIQN ARDEN FL.ACE STORM SEWER Erjgin(~~:L Graham acLri.sed hat~ tl-~:(ee bids 1H"ere received and apeLed on August 27, 199 for Arden Place Storm Sewer Improvements. He added hat bj.dder2 were asl(ed to provide bids for reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) or high density plasti.c pipe (HDPE). Graham recommended the use of HDPE and st8tea that the lowest bid recpi,red was from Ro-So Corltracting; Inc. in the amount of $?6,048. He st~ted that he h~s experience working with Ro-So Contracting and would be comfortable awarding the bid to them, however I Council may wish to conduct the assessment hearing before awarding the bid. Council was further advised that the Public Works Departrnent, ~pon the direction of Council, arranged for- a contractor to make one final attempt to unclog tl~e ex~sti~g A~deIl Place drainage pipe, however, they were met with resistance from Ray Johnson; the p~oper~y owne~ at 1540 Ard8TI Place, w1.o refused to allow access tc his property. Ccuncil was provided a copy of a 'atter dated August 28, 1902 from Mr. Johnson's attorney. Cuunci1niember Malone commented that the Ardel,"; place drainage issue is a sensitive situation, and although residents have approached the City for relief, he questions whethel" this is a City Drable~ or a private property problem. MRyor Sather added t~at the City has attempted ~ correct tIle existing clogged ripp; and the residents do have a pYnb],~m, so t~e City needs to t~ke some kind of action, CQ~Jncjlmemher Growe agreed that nnt taking some kind of action would likely mean this issue would h~unt the City later, councjlmember Mahowald stated that the c~ty needs to take action regardless of who caused the problem. He suggested waiting until the City appraiser determines whether there would be benefit to residents if a storm sewer prCJject is done. MOTION: Hicks moved, seconded by Mahowald, to accept all bids in the matter of Arden Flace Storm Sewer Improvements. Motion carried unanimously (5-0). M07ION: Hicks moved, seconded by Mahowald, to order the preparation of the proposed assessment roll, and :-ic}\edille a. p\lbli.c 11earing ~_o be held September 28,. 1992 at 7:30 p.m" in the matter of Ayden place storm Sewer r:IY1~_,:~o-\lelTlerlt~::. Motion carried unanimously (5-0).