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City Counci12008-06-10- 6:30 p.m Minutes of Work Session it u r"~ J l Present were Mayor Capra, Council members Tom Lee, Jeff Paar, Linda Broussard- Vickers, and Michelle Lakso. Also present was Mark Statz of Bonestroo & Assoc. City Attorney Kurt Glaser arrived at about 7:45 p.m. The Council discussed the scope of the proposed street improvement for 2009. Engineer Statz presented maps outlining the possible improvement areas and one map included the age of the various streets under consideration. Mayor Capra indicate that she would support a project of $2,000,000, and may consider a slight increase to include Mill Road if the Council agrees to do that ,but is concerned that that work is being driven by the pedestrian trail Mill Road would add about $230,000. Mayor Capra expressed concerns of tax increases already voted on for the CSAH 14 and Backage Road projects. Council member Paar expressed concern that the Council should not reduce the project below the $4.5 million number that was proposed at the last work session. He felt that the decision must be made on what is right for the whole city and that the Council will likely regret not doing more. He indicated that he would probably vote against the project if it was reduced significantly from the $4.5 million amount. Council member Lee noted that the Council has made progress with improving the infrastructure in the last five years and that not following the Pavement Management Plan will cause a future council problems dealing with the maintenance expense associated with roads. He indicated that he supports doing as much as reasonably possible. Council member Lakso wants to do the project but would like to cut out Brian Drive north of Fox Run. She was unsure about Mill Road and the C-type improvements on Peterson Trail, Houle, Hayfield and Fox Run west of Peterson. She definitely feels the project size should be reduced. Linda Broussard Vickers suggested the Council needs to be very committed to whatever the project that is finally agreed to, since a significant investment in engineering would be wasted if the project were dropped after bids were received. She feels that the city is not making progress on its street program if the project is limited $2 million. This would only make the future projects much larger. Mayor Capra asked if Council member Broussard Vickers will support the watermain in the streets that don't have it, if she would support a larger project. Council member Broussard Vickers indicated that she would support the watermain, if the Council can agree on an appropriate project scope. After some discussion there was a consensus to do a project estimated at $3.3 million. The project would drop all of Mill Road and would defer the C improvements on Peterson Trail, Houle Circle, and Hayfield & Fox Run west of Peterson. These C improvement and also Center Street, Sumac and Ivy Court may be part of a second round of improvements, if the bids are good on the base project.