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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28, 2001 Page 4 Councilmember Thuesen referred back to the re-construction project on 291h Avenue Street and asked 2 if there were different qualities of sod available. Mr. Hubmer said that he was unaware that there were 3 different qualities of sod. 4 Councilmember Thuesen asked about the black dirt that is being placed under the sod. Mr. Hubmer 5 stated that they have requested that at least four inches of topsoil be placed before the sod is laid down. 6 Councilmember Sparks echoed Councilmember Thuesen's concerns of poor quality topsoil. Mr. 7 Hubmer reviewed the one-year warranty that they have with the landscaping company, which has the 8 landscaping company returning to replace the sod next spring. 9 Mr. Hubmer continued with an update on the 2002 Street Re-construction Feasibility Study. He 10 indicated that there would be discussion concerning the under-grounding of the private utilities, cable I t television, electrical and telephone services and what the associated costs would be. 12 Mr. Hubmer reviewed the status of the Well-Head Protection Plan. He indicated it has been mandated 13 by the State of Minnesota for the City of St. Anthony to be completed. He added that there should not 14 be a tremendous amount of costs for the City regarding the Plan under phase one, as Ramsey County wants to complete most of the work for the City of St. Anthony. 16 Mr. Hubmer referred to the plans for construction of Silver Point Park. He indicated that they are 17 addressing the concerns they had last year with hockey and other draining issues and would be 18 presenting a preliminary grading plan to the Parks Commission at their next meeting. Mr. Hubmer 19 stated that they would hope to put the proposal out for bid to be brought back to the City Council by 20 October for their consideration. 21 Mr. Hubmer stated that they are revising some of the information contained in the Sanitary Sewer 22 Education Program. He added that they anticipate the next area of education to be from 29'Avenue 23 to 35`h Avenue and from Stinson Boulevard to Silver Lake Road. He added that the Program would 24 be looking at sump-pump removal and drain tile removal. 25 Councilmember Thuesen referred to televising of part of the sanitary system and some of the sanitary 26 sewer back-up problems that they had this past spring. Mr. Hubmer indicated that they reviewed the 27 televised data with the League of Minnesota Cities and said that it did not show that there was any 28 blockage in the line, nor were there maintenance issues that could cause the sort of back-ups that 29 occurred. 30 Mr. Hubmer added that it was high run-off events, or storm events where they were getting those 31 back-ups, and indicated that the system was not designed to handle those types of run-off events. 0 32 C. Presentation of Minneapolis proposal for fire services to St. Anthony(Minneapolis Fire Chief 33 will be present).