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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 25, 2000 . Page 2 i Abstention by Thuesen having not been present at the April 11, 2000 Meeting. 2 The motion carried. 3 VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 4 A. Hearing for Public Input on 2001 City Budget. 5 Mayor Cavanaugh opened the Public Hearing at 7:05 p.m. By way of background, Cavanaugh 6 explained that the Council is requesting input from the public regarding ideas and suggestions 7 that the residents would like to see occur in the City and incorporated into the budget. 8 Traditionally, the Public Hearing for the budget is set for later in the calendar year and it is 9 difficult sometimes to enact suggestions at that time. The Hearing is held earlier in the year this 10 time to enable residents to express opinions for potential inclusion into the City's budget. 1 l After calling for input from the members of the audience and hearing none, Mayor Cavanaugh 12 closed the Public Hearing at 7:06 p.m. 13 VIII. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 14 A. Resolution 00-031, re: Award Construction Bid for 33rd Avenue NE Street Improvement 5 Project. 6 City Manager Michael Morrison stated that Michael Foertsch of SEH/RCM was in attendance to 17 review the recent bid tabulation for the project at 33rd Avenue, Silver Lake Road to Stinson. 18 Mr. Foertsch approached the Council and stated that bids had been solicited and opened on April 19 14 in connection with the 33rd Avenue Street Improvement Project. 20 In this respect, Mr. Foertsch directed the Council's attention to a letter dated April 18, 2000 from 21 SEH/RCM in which the recent bid tabulation was set forth. In essence, three bids were consid- 22 ered, and"Tenson Construction, Inc."had presented the lowest bid($623,707.00). The engi- 23 neer's original estimate for the construction portion of the project was $590,969.00. 24 In response to a question posed by Cavanaugh regarding funding sources, Morrison directed the 25 Council's attention to page 26 of the Agenda packet,which was a memorandum from Finance 26 Director Roger Larson dated April 19, 2000 regarding funding for the project. In short, Mr. Lar- 27 son's memorandum stated that he was confident that the MSA funds available are adequate to 28 fund and support the four projects anticipated. Those projects are: (1) Silver Lake Bridge Proj- 29 ect; (2) Signal Light(37th and Highcrest); (3) 29th Avenue Street Project (MSA Bond); and (4) 30 33rd Avenue Project(which would also include an internal loan). 31 Thuesen expressed concern that the City would be utilizing all of the MSA funds available for 2 current projects, leaving little or zero funds available for future projects. Morrison replied that 3 over the past five years, the City has updated many or most of the MSA roads, and even though 34 other projects will be considered for the future, there should not be a conflict for the use of funds.