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-12- be switched over onto the completed south side of the road while the north side is constructed. This would leave the Rapid Oil station corner to be constructed last , Mr. Childs reported, and he added somewhat skeptically, that Ramsey County was still insisting they would have the entire roadway open to traffic sometime in September when County regulations would require the last one inch of overlay had to be in place or delayed until spring . The Manager indicated the County expected the last portion of the project would go much faster because the most technical work, the installation of the utilities, was completed. Councilmember Makowske said her greatest concern was for the safety of pedestrians she had seen "virtually crawling over the rubbish on the bridge to reach Apache" . Councilmember Ranallo indicated he perceived one of the few bright spots in the hardships the City has had to bear with this project had been that the four way stop had seemed to prevent serious accidents on a corner which had been considered quite hazardous in the past. Councilmember Marks commented that this was a classic example of the conflict in goals for roadways which are to move traffic and to provide safety at the same time. Mr. Childs agreed, saying that was the reason he had worked so hard to get the County to stripe Silver Lake Road was to slow the traffic down. The Council had conducted a work session with the Liquor Manager and Wil Johnson of BWBR Architects related to the preliminary drawings for the Stonehouse renovation project and the following action was taken to implement the Council ' s intent to ultimately • proceed with the project: Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to authorize BWBR Architects to proceed with the working drawings and specifications for the Stonehouse renovation project in accordance with Council direction during the July 22nd work session. Motion carried unanimously. Copies of the July 22nd memorandum from Public Works Director Hamer recommending the Council accept the low bid from Dickson Electric to complete the specified electrical corrections and new service for the new Apache liquor store had been distributed by the Manager . Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to accept the low bid of $12, 765 from Dickson Electric to provide the necessary electrical system changes for the SAV liquor store in the former LaBelle store location in Apache at a cost not to exceed the figure which had been bid. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager had included in the agenda packet a copy of the advertisement for bids for a canopy and door for the same project which he indicated should have been published in the Bulletin that day, -.but because it had been misdirected by the -Post Office to the- St. heSt. Anthony near St. Cloud, reached the paper too late for publication this week and would have to be carried instead in the July 29th publication.