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City Council Minutes May 14, 1997 Page 3 32 an application for an independent ALS license for Falcon Heights and negotiating along-term contract with St. Paul for the service; or 3) continuing as the city has for the past seven months without an ALS license. Falcon Heights cannot operate its own ALS service because the low volume of runs makes it impossible to keep up training and it is too expensive. If the City of St. Paul becomes uninterested in providing ALS service to Falcon Heights, the only other service provider available to provide ALS coverage is a private sector ambulance company that serves primarily the northern suburbs. The council discussed that it would be prudent to request that St. Paul incorporate Falcon Heights into its primary service area. The rationale for this decision was that once in St. Paul's PSA, it would be more difficult for St. Paul to decide to stop serving Falcon Heights because they would have to petition the State EMS board before being allowed to drop service. If Falcon Heights were to hold its own license, St. Paul could decide to stop service with only 90 days notice. If St. Paul decided to stop service, the city would have no choice but to contract with the private sector ambulance company, which has no station within the immediate vicinity of Falcon Heights and charges more to the patient for ambulance service. Fire Chief Nick Baumann spoke about his concerns regarding the cost of this arrangement. Motion was made by Councilmember Hustad to direct the City Administrator to contact the City of St. Paul and request incorporation into St. Paul's primary service area for Advanced Life Support service, with the following conditions: 1) Falcon Heights be provided with the same level of service as St. Paul; 2) St. Paul will maintain the service through a user fee in Falcon Heights without asking the city to pay for the service through its annual budget; and 3) St. Paul will notify Falcon Heights of any significant changes in service delivery such as a change in ambulance staffing models, in the permanent location of the primary responding paramedic units, or in increased average response times to medical emergencies. Motion passed unanimously. PRESENTATION AND EXPLANATION OF THE BIDS FOR THE LARPENTEUR AVENUE STREETSCAPE PROJECT Michael Schroeder, of Hoisington Koegler Group, presented the bids for the three components of the Larpenteur Avenue streetscape project. The three bids were for landscaping (package A), streetlights/sidewalk work (package B), and signs (package C). The bids for package C came in significantly higher than expected. Schroeder plans to discuss the bids with the contractors to see if there are areas where the design could be changed to lower costs. This may require re-bidding package C if the changes are significant. Schroeder was willing to recommend approval of North Metro Landscaping for bid package A-1 (shrubs and hedgerows) and of Killmer Electric for bid package B, with some minor change orders. Motion was made by Councilmember Jacobs to proceed in negotiations for change orders with Killmer Electric prior to the award of the bid for package B. Motion passed unanimously. Motion was made by Councilmember Kuettel to accept the bid of North Metro Landscaping for bid package A. Motion passed unanimously.