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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 07 October 28, 2003 Page 7 1 C. Resolution 03-095 re: 2004 Street Improvements Project—Receive Plans and 2 Specifications and Approve Advertisement for Bids. 3 Mayor Hodson clarified that bids would be opening on December 8, 2003 in the Council 4 Chambers and that the Council would consider them in February of 2004. 5 6 Todd Hubmer noted he met last night with roughly 40 residents to review the final 2004 street 7 improvement plans. He noted the bid would go out in mid-November. He stated changes and 8 adjustments could be made between now and that time. 9 10 Mr. Hubmer noted additional drainage areas were brought to his attention and would be 11 addressed. He stated these areas would be addressed and changes would be made in the plans if 12 needed. Mr. Hubmer indicated this was a great time for the City to go out for bid and noted 13 local contractors were very competitive at this time. 14 15 Councilmember Thuesen asked if drainage issues arose at a later time,would they be able to be 16 addressed. Mr. Hubmer indicated change orders would be possible if brought to the attention of 17 staff while the project is still in the process. 18 19 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Faust, to adopt Resolution 20 03-095, re: a Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement for 21 Bids on the 2004 Street Improvement Plan with the changes noted above by Mayor Hodson. 22 23 Motion carried unanimously. 24 25 VIII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 26 Mr. Mornson reported on the following: 27 28 o The City Clerk would be retiring next year after numerous years of service. 29 o There would be a Council Meeting next Tuesday,November 4, 2003. 30 o He indicated the City was taking Applications for Planning Commission and Park 31 Commission vacancies. 32 o The Development Agreement has received preliminary approval from Fannie Mae and he 33 noted the next step was to rezone the site from Commercial to PUD. 34 o He congratulated the Council for moving forward with the Northwest Quadrant and noted 35 he was excited to move forward with the implementation of the agreement. 36 37 Councilmember Horst reported that he was proud to be a part of the Apache Redevelopment. He 38 stated he looks forward to working on this in the future. 39 40 Councilmember Sparks had no report. 41 42 Councilmember Thuesen had no report. 43 44 Councilmember Faust indicated that he received a letter on October 22, 2003 from Jan Reisner 45 stating the abandoned Burlington Northern Property had been purchased. He noted this was a 46 step in the right direction for future transportation from White Bear Lake to downtown 47 Minneapolis. Councilmember Faust added that Stonehouse was just a remnant of the City now.