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• 1 persons desiring to rent in any Ramsey County housing in St. Anthony 2 and it is the City' s responsibility to inspect those units before such 3 persons move in. He reported the City is reimbursed $22 for each 4 unit Public Works Director Hamer inspects. 5 Council Action 6 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to continue the City' s participa- 7 tion in the Section 8 program and to direct the execution of the 8 Section 8 Inspection Service Contract in the Council' s November 10th 9 agenda packet. 10 Motion carried unanimously. 11 New Bidding Date Set for Kenzie Terrace Signalization Project 12 Based on a closer look at the Rieke Carroll Muller specifications and 13 further discussions with the Planning Commission and Councilmembers 14 since the last Council meeting, Mr. Childs indicated staff was 15 requesting the bid date on the five phased signal be moved from 16 December 1st to December 15th. He said he perceived the initial 17 communication with the engineers had been incomplete resulting in 18 their basing their $5 ,000 fee estimate on a $40, 000 project without 19 the auto activated phase the Commissioners considered necessary. 20 Rectifying this oversight brought the RCM bid up to $8 ,000 , which was •21 the same as the other engineering firm who had bid on the project had 22 originally proposed. The City Manager told Councilmember Enrooth he 23 was certain the mistake had been unintentional on RCM' s part and 24 indicated he perceived the reason staff hadn' t caught the error at 25 first had been because the two engineering firms have submitted 26 proposals on previous projects with varying estimates in the past and 27 the assumption was that the City "was just getting a good deal" on 28 this project. 29 Council Action 30 Motion by Marks , seconded by Ranallo to accept the modified bid from 31 Rieke Carrol Muller Associates , Inc. to provide engineering services 32 on the Kenzie Terrace Signalization Project for $8 ,000 and to res- 33 chedule the opening of the bids on the project for 2:00 P.M. , 34 December 15 , 1987 . 35 Motion carried unanimously. 36 Manager Reports Executive Session with Attorney Representing the City 37 in the Twin City Army Ammunition Plant Litigation 38 Mr. Childs noted for the record that the Mayor and Councilmembers had 39 received a status and progress report on the City' s litigation against 40 the U.S. Army et al in conjunction with St. Anthony' s water contamina- • 41 tion problems during the above closed meeting with Dave McDonald of 9