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City Council Minutes February 26, 1997 Page 2 3~ HOSTING OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE Mayor Gehrz updated the city council on the Intergenerational Dialogue planned for May 31. The Keeping Connected Task Force will be assisting with the forum and with recruiting participants. Councilmembers were also asked to recruit participants where appropriate. CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASING UTILITY BILLING SERVICES FROM THE ST. PAUL WATER UTILITY Administrator Hoyt reported that staff had been working with the St. Paul Water Utility in anticipation of transferring utility billing to the utility later in the spring. This arrangement will enable residents and businesses to pay their water bill and their sewer/recycling bill at the same time. The city attorney has reviewed the proposed agreement for billing services and found it satisfactory. Motion was made by Councilmember Jacobs to approve the agreement between the City of Falcon Heights and the St. Paul Water Utility for utility billing services. Motion passed unanimously. CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ON LARPENTEUR AVENUE Administrator Hoyt reported that Ramsey County had received bids on the first section of the Larpenteur Avenue project. The county would like the city to indicate that it is willing to pay for the city's portion of the project. The city is directly responsible for paying for the special concrete. sidewalk and crosswalk and for storm sewer costs. Municipal State Aid will pay for the curb and gutter, sidewalk, and opticom signal costs. The county estimated that the special pavement treatments would come in at $35,000 and the bids came in at 580,000. The engineer and landscape architect are reviewing this element of the plan to determine if there are means to reduce these costs without losing the design element. The council then discussed the priority of the colored concrete relative to the other pieces of the streetscape project and directed the Administrator to pass along their comments to the project designer. Motion was made by Councilmember Gibson Talbot to approve the city's participation in phase 1 of the Larpenteur Avenue project, but to make the participation contingent upon the city's amendments to the sidewalk special pavement and crosswalk treatment to reduce the costs of this design element to meet city expenditures in the overall streetscape project. Motion passed unanimously.