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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />DECEMBER 13, 2004 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4. PUBLIC INOUlRIES/INFORMATlONAL <br /> <br />Bill Henry, 3521 Ridgewood Court, stated for the last 27 years he has worked as a <br />consultant for governing boards and non-profit organizations. He stated he would like to <br />live in a City that was well governed. He offered three suggestions: First, it was his <br />observation that the Council was reasonably clear as to what the City was attempting to <br />achieve, without knowing why. Second, he stated the Council did an inordinate amount <br />of time doing other people's work. He proposed they trust the staff to do their jobs. He <br />stated the Council was not here to manage the City; they were here to govern it. Third, <br />governance is impossible without conflict management. He stated the Council could not <br />manage the City without managing conflict. He stated it was the Council's job to resolve <br />conflicts. Mayor ApIikowski thanked him for his comments and asked him what he was <br />basing his experience on. <br /> <br />Mr. Henry stated he was a member of the PTRC, but his comments were not based <br />solely on the PTRC, but as an observer. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated Council was going into a planning retreat in January <br />where some of these concerns would be looked at and thanked Mr. Henry for his <br />comments. <br /> <br />5, <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />2003 PMP Inl!erson/Karth Lake East Neil!hborhood <br />additional watermain and cnrb replacement work <br /> <br />Chanl!e Order #1 for <br /> <br />Mr. Brown stated the Council awarded the 2003 PMP Ingerson Neighborhood Reconstruction <br />project to Amt Construction on July 9, 2003 for $1,903,536.10. The estimated construction cost <br />in the adopted feasibility report was approximately $2,125,000. He indicated project work was <br />substantially completed in late fall 2003 with final punch list items completed this past summer <br />with the exception of landscape warranty work due to expire next spring. He indicated six partial <br />payments totaling $1,856,662.91 have been approved by the Council to date. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown reviewed Change Order #1 and noted the total requested change order amount was <br />$126,487.93. He noted the requested change order represents approximately 6.6% of the original <br />contract amount. He recommended the City Council approve Change Order #1 for the 2003 <br />PMP Project totaling $126,487.93. He stated the contract amount of $1,903,536.10 will be <br />increased by $126,487.93 to a new total contract amount of $2,030,024.03. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated it was his understanding they were going to replace the <br />infrastructure under the road, and the valves had been there since the original installation in the <br />