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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 23, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 Mr. Fischer noted a joint powers agreement would also be brought before the City 3 Council at some point in the future. The MOU is not binding, but gives the County the 4 confidence to move forward with the project. 5 6 Mr. Dvorak advised the tentative schedule includes work on the project to begin in the 7 spring of 2006. 8 9 WELL NO. 5 PUMPHOUSE DESIGN, JIM STUDENSKI 10 11 City Engineer Studenski stated in a follow-up to the last Council work session, staff 12 wants to run through different pumphouse structures with the Council to make sure the 13 overall design is in accordance with their concerns. The recommended size of the 14 building is 20 feet by 22 feet with a brick and block exterior. This layout is sized just for 15 the mechanics of the well and will not provide any additional storage within the building. 16 17 City Engineer Studenski advised as with all well projects, the well drilling and 18 pumphouse structure would be bid as two separate items. This allows the project to keep 19 moving forward while the structure is under design. The results of the well drilling are 20 then incorporated into the final design details prior to it being bid. 21 22 Mr. Kevin Anderson, TKDA, distributed and reviewed various options for pumphouse 23 structures. 24 25 City Engineer Studenski stated staff would like feedback from the Council on possible 26 designs. Staff will then bring back additional drawings that include landscape concepts 27 and cost estimates. 28 29 The Council agreed on the look of Option 2 and Option 3C with the understanding that 30 additional drawings would be reviewed at the next Council work session. 31 32 City Engineer Studenski advised staff is asking for Council authorization of 33 advertisement for bids for well construction of Well No. 5 at the regular Council meeting 34 Monday. The total estimated project cost for the well design and construction is 35 $210,000. The City proposes to use Trunk Area & Unit funds for all costs of this 36 improvement. 37 38 Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Well Construction of Well No. 5 will appear on 39 the regular Council agenda Monday, February 28, 2005, 6:30 p.m. 40 41 CODE UPDATE, SECTION 500, GORDON HEITKE 42 43 City Administrator Heitke advised Section 500 of the City Code was previously 44 distributed for Council review. He noted there are very few changes to this section. The 45 sections regarding dogs and farm animals has been removed and is currently being 46 revised. 47