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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 23, 1997 Page 15 1 Morrison reported the application process for the Public Works Director closed on September 2 9. Eight applicants will be interviewed next Monday and Tuesday. A decision will be made 3 by mid-October. 4 4. Building Inspector. 5 Morrison reported he will be recommending Greg Schmit of Castle Inspection for Building 6 Inspector. Mr. Schmit will attend the October 7 Council Work Session for introduction and 7 the contract will be on the October 14 agenda. Mr. Schmit currently works with five cities 8 and was highly recommended by all. His first day will technically be November 21, but he 9 may be asked to start work sooner so he is able to work with Duane Grace to facilitate a 10 smooth transition. 11 5. Computer Upgrade. 12 Morrison reported a discussion for computer upgrading will be included after the budget 13 portion of the October 7 Work Session. The Finance Director is looking at various proposals 14 to upgrade the network capacity. The next step will be to authorize a contract for the 15 upgrading. 16 6. Neighborhood Meetings for 1998 Street Projects. 7 Morrison reported the Neighborhood Meetings for the 1998 Street Projects, including 33rd Avenue NE improvements are scheduled for October 21. He noted 33rd Avenue NE is an 9 MSA street and in order the meet MSA funding requirements it must meet the 30 mph speed 20 limit. 33rd Avenue NE will not meet the requirement because of the hill. The City will be 21 requesting a variance and has sent the recommendation to the School. In regard to 22 enforcement, the Police Chief has stated he does not believe there will be a problem. 23 7. Joint City Council/Planning Commission.Work Session. 24 Morrison recommended this be scheduled for either February or March of 1998. 25 8. Exhaust Pros. 26 Morrison reported Exhaust Pros has responded to his letter and stated that they are obtaining 27 bids. This will again be addressed in October to determine compliance with the intent of the 28 conditional use permit. 29 9. Silver Lake Bridge Update. 30 Morrison confirmed that the intent of the Council is to install the upgraded medium and 31 lighting. RCM has determined that the watermain needs to be replaced and this will also 32 require replacement of the west sidewalk. Although the issue of sidewalks on the east side 33 still needs to be determined, the engineer is currently designing the plan with the sidewalk 34 and this will be displayed at the Neighborhood Meeting. The bridge design has yet to be 35 determined but it is the intent of the Council to do some type of design on the bridge. 10. HRA Updates. 37 Morrison reported that 2546 Kenzie Terrace will close within two weeks. 2542 Kenzie 38 Terrace has been delayed due to title problems that need to be corrected by the seller. A