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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 14, 1995 OLD BUSINESS Consideration of Letter Regarding Brandywood Park - Mr. Asleson reminded the City Council of a recent Council meeting where some residents of Brandywood Estates expressed disagreement with some portion of the park development in that subdivision. Since that time, Mr. Asleson has met with the neighborhood and determined exactly what they wanted in their park. The neighborhood has sent a letter to the City Council expressing their appreciation to Mr. Alseson and the Park Board for their help in reaching an amicable conclusion to their concerns. Mr. Asleson read the letter to the City Council. Mr. Asleson also noted that some park equipment was installed in the Wenzel Farms subdivision park over the week end. The residents were involved in erecting the equipment. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT, JOHN POWELL Consideration of Resolution No. 95 - 87 Accepting Bids for the Lake Drive (CSAH No. 23/Hodgson Road (T.H. 49) Improvement - Mr. Heth explained that the City Council adopted Resolution No. 95 - 67 authorizing advertisement for bids for the T.H. 49, CSAH 23, CSAR 10 Intersection improvements. Bids were received on July 12, 199.5, were tallied and the low bid was for $1,295,564.52 from Forest Lake Contracting. Awarding of the bid was delayed because the cultural investigation by the State Historical Preservation Office was not completed. Staff has now been informed that the cultural investigation has been completed. Mr. Heth recommended that the City Council award the bid as outlined in Resolution No. 95 - 87. Council Member Bergeson asked how the cultural investigation costs will be split between all the agencies involved in this improvement project. Mr. Powell explained that an agreement with Anoka County has been completed and they will pay a significant portion of the cost. The City will be given credit for work that City crews did to prepare the site for the cultural investigation. Council Member Bergeson asked how much of the total cost of the project will Lino Lakes have to pay. Mr. Heth said close to $600,000.00. Final figures will be prepared and presented at the next Council meeting. Council Member Kuether asked how close the low bid was to the engineer's estimate. Mr. Heth explained that the engineer's estimate was $1,399,000.00. Council Member Neal asked if Circle Pines will be responsible for any of the project costs. Mr. Heth said that they will be responsible for approximately 1% of the costs. Mr. Powell explained that there is a signal agreement which is not the same split as the project itself. This does complicate preparation of the cost breakdown. He also explained that the State is paying a significant amount of the cultural investigation costs. PAGE 16