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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—May 26, 2009 18 Councilmember Grant stated that the Kimley-Horn document shows the final construction documents being done in July but there would be no feedback on the Federal funding until January of 2010. He stated concerns that final documents would be done before the Council had made any decisions. City Engineer Bloom stated that the process for the Federal funding is a deadline for submitting applications of June 15, a short list will be determined in October, and the final determination would be in January. Councilmember Grant stated that he would not approve spending funds on final construction documents before finding out that if there was funding for the project. Councilmember Grant stated that Kimley-Horn could be hired to do the Federal Funding application for the June 15 deadline. Looking at Alternative 1, it does not appear that the City would move very far on this until after the City knows about the Federal funding. Mayor Harpstead stated that Alternative 2 is an option but the priority is to gain the engineering experience to get the application in but the City would also like some capacity in working on Alternative 1. The proposal in front of the Council does not do both of these. City Engineer Bloom stated that both alternatives are similar until the design point. Councilmember Grant stated that the way the proposal is written is that by the end of July 2009, before the Council will know about their Federal funding application, the City will have paid for complete construction documents for both alternatives. Councilmember Holden asked if the time lines were set in stone. City Engineer Bloom stated that the time lines were not set in stone at this time. Councilmember Grant asked how long the bid was good for on Alternative 1. City Engineer Bloom stated that there was no expiration date on the bid. Councilmember Grant asked if there was an expiration date in the RFP. City Engineer Bloom stated that there was no expiration date in the RFP. She asked if Council was recommending that the amount of the contract be set at $321000.