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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 18, 1996 Page 4 • 1 C. City Manager. 2 City Manager Mornson presented a tentative agenda for the new City Hall/Community Center 3 building dedication. He indicated he would like to set a date for the dedication so it can be 4 included in the next City newsletter. Mornson stated he would like to have each department of 5 the City represented at the dedication. He stated he had spoken with Bob Foster and he approved 6 of the date as long as the City Council agrees. 7 Mayor Ranallo noted all the churches will be invited to the event and also invited to announce 8 the event in their Sunday bulletin. He noted Mary Jo McGuire, John Marty, John Stengler and 9 the Ramsey County Commissioner would also be invited. 10 Faust asked if the proposed dedication date would work with the opening date of the City Hall. 11 Momson reported Staff is planning to move into the new building the week of January 6, 1997 12 and be open for business on January 13, 1997. He reported the Chamber is proposing hot 13 chocolate, cookies and cakes for the dedication which would be served all day in the new kitchen 14 area. 15 There was Council consensus to approve the date and format of the building dedication on i February 22, 1997 from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. • 17 Mornson reported the bids were open on December 17, 1996 for the 1997 Watermain, Street, and 18 Storm Sewer Improvements. The lowest bidder is Northdale Construction at a cost of 19 $570,547.33. Mornson noted this is $30,000 higher than the engineer's estimate. 20 Councilmembers directed Staff to perform thorough research on Northdale Construction to avoid 21 the problems which have been encountered in the past. 22 Mornson noted RCM Engineering Company has worked with Northdale Construction in the past 23 and has been pleased with the results. Mornson noted he has also worked with Northdale in the 24 past and it has gone well. 25 Mornson reported he had met with Warren Rolek regarding City/School issues. He would like to 26 schedule another joint meeting in 1997 with the City Councilmembers and the School 27 Boardmembers similar to the meeting held in April of 1996. 28 There was Council consensus to direct Staff to schedule a joint meeting in April of 1997 with the 29 School Boardmembers. 30 Mornson reported Larry Beach will be presenting a proposal for the Verkins property at the '11 Planning Commission Meeting on January 21, 1997. The proposal includes variance requests, l setback requests and a rezoning request for higher density. Staff has gone over the proposal with • 33 Mr. Beach.