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Mounds View City Council March 14, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 6 2 Mayor Mueller reported her husband was in a wheel chair and her mailbox was located across the 3 street. She noted her husband watches for traffic, crosses the street and rolls back up the driveway. 4 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson commented further on how the mailboxes 5 would be grouped in the project area. 6 7 Mayor Mueller spoke further to why the City follows the design standards that were approved by 8 a committee 10+ years ago noting these standards have been followed all through the City to keep 9 mailboxes standard in appearance throughout the community. 10 > > Council Member Meehlhause asked if the base bid from T.A. Schifsky included the two trail 12 segments along Mounds View Boulevard. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson 13 reported this was the case noting a trail would be completed all the way to Spring Lake Road. 14 15 Council Member Meehlhause indicated in his neighborhood there were 45 homes and it was boxed 16 in by Silver Lake Road, County Road H2 and Silver View Pond. He stated there were four mailbox 17 locations for 45 homes in his neighborhood which meant neighbors walked to their mailboxes and 18 opened them with a key. He explained he appreciated this type of mailbox because it eliminated 19 mail theft. 20 21 Council Member Bergeron questioned how many mailboxes were generally put together. Public 22 Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson indicated there were typically four, sometimes five. 23 24 Council Member Bergeron inquired if the two mini roundabouts were included in this project. 25 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported the roundabouts were not included 26 in this project, but would be completed in 2024 along with Pleasant View and Stinson Boulevard. 27 He estimated the roundabouts would cost $1 million to complete. 28 29 Council Member Bergeron stated he supported this project moving forward because there was 30 work that needed to be done on these streets. However, he noted he did not want to see bid 31 Alternate 3 moving forward. He recommended that Alternate 3 be removed from the project at this 32 time. 33 34 MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9561, 35 Approving the 2022-2023 Street Project, without bid Alternate 3. 36 37 Mayor Mueller reported a revised Resolution was provided to the Council that includes the updated 38 engineering numbers. 39 40 Council Member Meehlhause asked if bid Alternate 3 was removed, would this create additional 41 costs for the City in the future. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated he did 42 not believe this would create additional costs, because the contractor has bid a specific amount for 43 this alternate. However, he noted he would have to see if an inflator was written into the bid to 44 cover the rising costs of asphalt. 45 46 Council Member Meehlhause requested comment from the City Attorney on this matter. City