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13 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2000 Page 13 l Additionally, in regard to the ongoing-project of the removal of homes on Pahl Avenue, prelimi- 2 nary specifications for the sale of the houses on Pahl Avenue have been prepared and reviewed 3 by the City Attorney. The bid documents will be completed and the advertisement for bids 4 published the first week of May 2000. Bids will be received at the end of May or the first part of 5 June and work will begin shortly thereafter. The project is anticipated to be completed no later 6 than fall of 2000. 7 Regarding the Harding Street Sanitary Sewer Lift Station, Mr. Hubmer stated that discussions 8 have been completed with the City of Minneapolis and preliminary approval has been obtained to 9 divert the Harding Street sanitary sewer lift station into the City of Minneapolis.in the vicinity of 10 37th Avenue and Stinson Boulevard. Additionally, a letter is currently being prepared and antici- 11 pated to be presented to the Council in April or May 2000 regarding the rehabilitation of the lift 12 station. 13 Lastly, in connection with the Harding Street Storm Water Pond, a neighborhood meeting was 14 held on February 29, 2000 to receive input on a number of alternatives which were prepared and 15 presented to the residents. At that meeting,there was a consensus to take one of the four options 16 to preliminary design. A second public information meeting is anticipated for April or May and •17 a preliminary plan is expected to be presented to the Council in May 2000. 18 Mornson contributed that the City is acquiring 13 easements, and fair compensation needs to be 19 made for the value of the easements. A second appraisal is an option to arrive at fair compensa- 20 tion. City Attorney Soth added that the City cannot authorize the appraisals until the design is 21 completed. Momson offered that a design is close to completion and the City needs to consider 22 the appraisal process. 23 In connection with Silver Point Park, Morrison explained that the restroom/warming house, 24 parking, lighting, hockey rink, etc. are not items that are included in the Knutson contract. An 25 additional contract would need to be entered into to complete those items. 26 C. City Manager. 27 City Manager Momson directed the Council's attention to pages 102-103 of the agenda package, 28 which listed an updated summary of the City's costs for the Silver Lake Road Bridge Project. 29 Construction is anticipated to begin May 8, 2000, and the project bid opening was March 22, 30 2000. The total cost for the City is estimated to be $844,629.40. 31 On another subject, Morrison pointed out page 104 of the Council's agenda package which 32 depicted a memorandum from Assistant City Manager Spencer Isom. The,information in the 33 memorandum listed key dates of which the Council should be aware in connection with Hillcrest 34 Development and the Apache Plaza redevelopment. 0