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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 14 1 Mr. Rhein indicated that they could shrink the report and costs down, but there is still creation of 2 a cost document and specifications. 3 4 Mayor Marty asked whether the City is getting billed for Mr. Rhein coming to the Task Force 5 meetings and participating. 6 7 Mr. Rhein indicated that there are costs associated with his attendance at those meetings. 8 9 Council Member Flaherty indicated that the City needs to separate this project from the original 10 project. 11 12 Council Member Mueller asked for costs information on Project B in 2009 and Project C in 2010 13 to get the project ready for bid. 14 15 Public Works Director Lee indicated that he would not recommend that the City take on putting 16 together reports and the design of these projects at this time. Doing so, would require additional 17 staffing. 18 19 Mr. Rhein explained that there are three steps to the engineering on a project. The first is the 20 feasibility report, then first order cost estimate for the project. The second is the public hearing 21 process where the City determines whether to proceed and the third step is the awarding of the 22 bid. He then provided an explanation on what items contribute to the 27% administrative costs. 23 24 Brian Amundsen appeared before Council, and thanked Council for obtaining the cost 25 information before proceeding. Mr. Amundson said, that in regard to voting on the project, the 26 timeline for voting is not until after the one year anniversary of the petition expires. 27 28 Mr. Amundsen said he recently read in the paper the costs that New Brighton is paying for 29 development in their northwest quadrant, and he thought that the percentages were below 10%, 30 so he is not sure why the City is paying 15%, if it is also paying for hourly attendance of the 31 consultant. 32 33 Mr. Amundsen asked how much the City saves on the end project compared to the extra costs for 34 the feasibility reports. 35 36 Mr. Amundsen said that he would like to see a project in 2008 to get this going. Mr. Amundsen 37 said that he thinks that the City is in tune with what residents want with the streets project, and it 38 is a number one priority, and has been for a number of years. 39 40 Mayor Marty thanked Mr. Amundson for his input. 41 42 Council Member Flaherty said that he appreciated the input of Mr. Amundson. Council Member 43 Flaherty said that he thinks the cheapest way to separate this project from the original project is 44 the $6,800 option. 45