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<br />Mayor Wilharber reconvened the regular Council meeting at 6: 12 p.m. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />APPEARANCES <br />Carolyn Drude - Ehlers and Associates - Bondin!! for the 20th Avenue Sewer and Water <br />Project <br /> <br />Ms. Carolyn Drude (Ehlers & Associates) addressed the Council and presented bid tabulations for <br />$720,000 general obligation sewer and water revenue bonds, series 1998. (Exhibit B) <br /> <br />Councilmember Buckbee moved and it was seconded to approve resolution 98-14 "A Resolution <br />Awarding the Sale of $720000 General Obligation Sewer and Water Revenue Bonds. Series <br />1998; Fixing Their Form and Specifications; Directing Their Execution and Delivery: and <br />Providing for Their Payment." Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Bonding for Parkview Development <br />Ms. Drude briefed the Council on a chronological layout of bonding for Parkview Development. <br />Ms. Drude suggested the City call the bond sale on July 22, after the July 14, bid opening. <br />Furthermore, Ehlers will attempt to make bond delivery by August 22, 1998. <br /> <br />Refundin!! the '87 Street Bond Through Firstar Bank <br />Ms. Drude gave a pnisent'!-tion and suggested refunding of the general obligation improvement <br />bonds of 1987. Ms. Drude distributed the existing and future paper work supporting the concept <br />to callthe $615,000 general obligation improvement bonds. (Exhibit C) <br /> <br />Councilmember Brenner moved and it was seconded to approve resolution 98-15 "A Resolution <br />Awarding the Sale of $245.000 General Obligation Refunding Improvement bonds. Series 1998: <br />Fixing Their Form and Specifications; Directing Their Execution and Delivery: and Providing for <br />Their Payment" and refunding the general obligation improvement bonds of 1987. and to <br />refinance $245,000 at 4.71 % thru Firstar Bank in Hugo. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Circle Pines - Lexington Police Department (CPLPD) <br />Officer Mike Jensen was present to discuss CPLPD submitting a 40-page grant application to <br />"COPS More." The grant monies are intended to be used to updat~ equipment. <br /> <br />Mayor Wilharber suggested Officer Jensen explain equipment that will be replaced. Officer <br />Jensen replied the grant monies will purchase new laptop computers to replace the obsolete <br />computers. By purchasing the laptop computer system, the applicant will be able to redeploy 10 <br />full-time officers and three part-time officers for a total of 11.5 full-time officers and a total of <br />3277 hours of community policing actives. The average savings will permit approximately 285 <br />hours per officer to be committed to community policing. The updated technology will promote <br /> <br />2 <br />