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Page 2 <br />Council Minutes <br />May 10, 2000 <br />POLICY AGENDA: <br />Request to adopt Resolution 00-12, accepting bid from T. A. Schifsky & Sons Inc <br />and awarding contract for 2000 alley improvements <br />Engineer Maurer said seven bids were received for the 2000 alley improvements and <br />the recommendation is to award the contract to T. A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc. in the <br />amount of $198,403.50. Councilmember Lindstrom moved to approve Resolution <br />00-12 accepting the above bid and the motion passed unanimously. <br />Request to accept and a~~rove the Gibbs Farm plan <br />Administrator Worthington explained to council that Gibbs Farm has been making <br />some changes and additions at its historical site over the past year and is presenting a <br />site plan for future uses and additions. In attendance were Mike Richards, District <br />Supervisor for Ramsey County and John Krumlie, volunteer project manager. <br />Priscilla Farnham, Executive Director of the Ramsey County Historical Society then <br />• gave a brief presentation on the history of Gibbs Farm and presented the site plan via <br />overheads with the help of Ted Lau, Manager of Gibbs Farm Museum. A question <br />was raised about the berm that has been built around a portion of the museum and <br />Farnham said it was done for noise abatement, safety of guests, security of the <br />animals, and is more aesthetically pleasing. Administrator Worthington said the <br />plantings on top of the berm will have to be kept to a 1-1/2' maximum height for <br />visibility reasons. The short prairie grass planned for the top of the berm grows to <br />two feet so Mike Richards said they would level off the top of the berm one-half foot. <br />Farnham requested that the pine and tamarac trees planted by the city in conjunction <br />with Larpenteur Avenue landscape improvement be moved to provide a buffer to the <br />University women's soccer stadium and replaced with prairie type vegetation. After <br />brief discussion, councilmember Talbot moved to accept and approve the historic site <br />plan as presented and to allow for the relocation of the trees as stated. The motion <br />passed unanimously. <br />ADJOURN TO WORKSHOP <br />The meeting adjourned at 8 P.M. <br />es tfully s mitted <br />~- <br />• Pat Phillips, Deputy Cl <br />