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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 3, 2017 DRAFT 4 additional funding is understandable; she would like the additional information though. 132 133 The council concurred that the Commission should come forward with a specific quote in 134 order for the council to consider additional funding. 135 6. 2017 Street Overlay, Under-Seal Process – City Engineer Hankee noted that the 136 City has received bids for this project and they came in favorable to the project estimate. 137 There is additional information included in the staff report on the under-seal process. 138 Since accepting the bid results is an action included for the April 10th council meeting, 139 she suggests looking at the under seal element. She explained that the process is being 140 used by some northern communities – it is an application of a chip seal under the 141 pavement to reduce water and reduce reflective cracking. There is more information in 142 the staff report indicating MnDOT’s favorable experience with the process. She suggests 143 that it would be a good test case to utilize the process within this overlay project. Ms. 144 Hankee noted that the option to include this recommended process will be part of what 145 comes forward to the council at the next meeting. 146 147 Engineer Hankee also reviewed the recommendation to accept the low bid of North 148 Valley for the 2017 Overlay Project. With the favorable bids, the alternate should also be 149 possible. 150 7. Comprehensive Plan - Community Development Director Grochala noted that 151 the comp plan information provided informs the council on the requirement for a plan 152 update, the history (the City started this process in 1974), the Metropolitan Council role, 153 conformance requirements, the elements included in the plan, and the intent of staging 154 (how the city will grow, when where and why). Staff utilizes the city’s comp plan often. 155 He noted that the staff report contains City Planner Larsen’s report of the previous year 156 that includes more detailed information on what will be included in the update. The 157 internal team is working on the process already. The council can expect to see a joint 158 meeting with the advisory boards in May. 159 8. Council Updates on Boards/Commissions - Council Member Maher remarked 160 that there have been no meetings (they’ve been cancelled) but she’s received a discovery 161 request related to North Metro TV. 162 9. Monthly Progress Report - Administrator Karlson reviewed the written report 163 and specifically updated the council on the scanning project and the council chambers 164 upgrade project. 165 10. Compensatory Time for Exempt Employees – Council Member Rafferty 166 recalled a previous discussion with the Administrator where this system came up and he 167 has called for additional review. What he didn’t understand with the information 168 provided is how the union contract impacts this situation. Also he wonders about the 169 individuals who are included but don’t regularly attend meetings. 170