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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - October 27, 2008 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead asked for additional guidance on what items Councilmember <br />Holmes would like to have included in the cost estimate. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes asked for additional clarification regarding the three <br />gateway monument signs that were included in the preliminary cost estimate. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead stated that these numbers may be excessive but they are only <br />preliminary numbers at this time. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes asked if the City should decrease the plan amount. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead stated that the amount should stay where it is in order to <br />communicate to people that this is the range that the project is in. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that the City needs to stand behind their numbers. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden agreed with Councilmember Holmes and if the <br />preliminary cost estimate is in the document then it could be assumed that the <br />amounts listed were approved. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead asked Councilmember Holmes what was potentially missing <br />from the list of items in the preliminary cost estimate. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that the cost for the new traffic signal seemed low. <br />She stated that the Council should not pass a document with numbers that the <br />Council has not reviewed. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead stated that the pertinent element in the numbers is the paragraph <br />in the summary that said that the preliminary cost estimate is around $2 million. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that she would like clarification on how the figure <br />of $2 million was reached because there were things included that should be <br />removed and other items that the cost estimate seems to low. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead stated that moving money [rom one category to another was not <br />changing the total estimate of the project. He also stated that the preliminary cost <br />estimate was not part of the plan that was being approved. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that the preliminary cost estimate justifies how the <br />Council reached the estimate of $2 million and this was referenced on page 1-5 <br />under Implementation Program. She stated that another cost that seemed low was <br />the cost estimate for the pedestrian bridge. <br />