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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MARCH 25, 2009 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 25th day of March, 2009 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Mr. Bill Blesener Council Member Ms. Shelly Boss Council Member Mr. John Keis Council Member Mr. Mike McGraw Council Member Mr. Rick Montour ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson Cable TV Producer Mr. Kevin Helander City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer MINUTES Mr. Keis introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOL UTION NO. 2009-3-65 -APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 10, 2009 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MARCH 18, 2009 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AS SUBMITTED The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Montour. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution adopted. 2009 The City Administrator reported that the 2009 Improvement Projects were IMPROVEMENT ordered in January so that the City could advertise for bids. At that time PROJECTS the Council took the position that certain components of the Improvement Projects would not be finalized until the bids prices came in and the award would be depending on bid results beng lower than typical costs. The Administrator reported that the bids have been received and they are very favorable. He indicated that based on the City Engineer's estimate, the low bid for the mill and overlay projects generates a 42% savings. The low bid for the reconstruction projects generates a between 20% and 30% savings. The Administrator noted that the concern is that this is a difficult economic time for assessing improvement projects. At the improvement hearings, there was neighborhood concern with three of the projects, i.e.