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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 2002 Page 3 • Tillman indicated that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the request contingent upon the current sign being brought up to code and the second sign must be built identical to the first sign. Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, second by Councilmember Faust, to approve Resolution 02-038, re: Sign variance request for Apache Animal Medicine, 2501-37`h Avenue NE. Motion carried unanimously. VII. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. A. Engineering update. Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, Inc. will be present. Consider Resolution 02-039, re: Orderingsanitary sewer and water system studies. Todd Hubmer came forward to update the Council on nine of the ongoing projects in the City of St. Anthony. Hubmer stated that a draft of the Silver Lane Flood Improvements Feasibility Report has been completed and is currently being reviewed with the City of New Brighton and the Rice Creek Watershed District. • Hubmer indicated that there are a number of remaining items to be completed in the 2001 Street Reconstruction project. These items include: driveway replacement on 30`h Avenue, yard restoration on 30`h Avenue, and second lift of asphalt on Wilson Street, West Armor Terrace and 30`h Avenue. The project will likely be completed by the end of June. Hubmer stated that the pre-construction meeting for the 2002 Street Reconstruction project with the contractor and City representatives took place last week, and that the contractor was anxious to get the project underway. Hubmer indicated that the contractor was looking at milling up the streets next week, and beginning sanitary sewer work on Wilson Street on May 6`h. Hubmer indicated that two meetings have been held for the sump pump separation and drain tile separation educational program. He stated that the program is being completed as part of an agreement with Metropolitan Council to reduce the City's inflow of clear water from sump pumps and drain tiles into the sanitary sewer system. He added that they will have completed the educational component of that agreement by the end of May. Hubmer reviewed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Grant update. He indicated that both the House and Senate have completed their bonding bill allocations and now the Conference Committee must meet to work out the differences in the two • bills. He added that, in regard to St. Anthony and the flood hazard mitigation grant program, there is some language currently within the House bill, which is unfavorable to the City of St. Anthony.