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Cleanup Day Duane Schwartz reminded about cleanup day which will be held on Saturday, Apri125 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Dale Street soccer field's parking lot, just south of County Road C and Dale Street. Information is on-line or you can call 651-792-7027 for pricing and other details. Member DeBenedet asked if this is where people can get rid of stuff they don't need/want and if hazardous is included. Mr. Schwartz said yes, that electronics and large household items are included but no hazardous materials. Member DeBenedet asked if there was a charge for this service. Mr. Schwartz said yes. Proiect Updates Deb Bloom announced the 2009 Contract B is made up of mill and overlay projects, including Roselawn reconstruction. Pavement rehabilitation on the asphalt track at the Oval is scheduled. Finally, there is sanitary sewer being reconstructed along Cleveland which was included in this contract because of issues with the existing pipe because of depth and amount of road that will need to be repaired. Bid opening is at 11 a.m. on April 3, 2009, at Roseville City Hall. There are two different utility projects. One is a water main on Churchill/Oxford. There is the Fairview pathway project and with a meeting to talk about design. Finally, the Walsh Lake watershed district. We are working on the final design of the rain garden retrofit project in the Midland Hills area. A mailing was sent regarding designing individual rain gardens which will be under construction in July and August. A Member asked if there were individuals homes involved. Deb Bloom explained that 24 property owners have volunteered to install rain gardens in front of their house. We have applied for a grant through Rice Creek Water Shed District. This will help with the flooding at some intersections and backyards by reducing the amount of water going into the pipe and expanding some existing pond structures in that area. Duane Schwartz announced the City received notification that the grant application for Safe Routes to School was unsuccessful again. Member Vanderwall asked about asphalt charges and high prices with budget concerns. Where there curtailments because of the pricing and budgeting under what you wanted to do in terms of the standard maintenances practices you had? Duane Schwartz said that it will be necessary to reduce the City's sealcoat program by 25%. As far as actual patching and that kind of maintenance, we are going to go back to bid in about three weeks. Currently, the St. Paul Public Works asphalt plant is open and we are able to buy at our January bid prices. Deb Bloom talked about bid monitoring of other cities. Last season, the bid prices for asphalt had soared to $70 per ton. What we are seeing in adjacent cities bid Page 2 of 6