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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 27, 2009 Page 4 1 standards, and the City taking ownership of the alley from the Arbors Townhouse Association. 2 Preliminary costs are estimated at about $87,000, which averages to be approximately $4,000 in 3 assessments per townhouse unit and adjacent residents. They are currently looking at how the 4 ownership transfer will take place from the Arbors Townhouse Association to the City. Staff 5 anticipates going out for bids this spring. 7 Mayor Faust requested information on the water main scheduled for replacement in the future in 8 the area of the bus loop improvements planned by School District #282. He questioned whether 9 it would be a better time to replace the water main in conjunction with the School District's 10 improvements rather than in the future. Mr. Hubmer stated the easement granted to the School 11 District for the bus turnaround and parking facilities is located over the spine of the City's water 12 distribution system. There have been a couple of main breaks on that particular line. From an 13 economic standpoint it would make sense to replace the water main at the time of the School 14 District's improvements. The water main is reaching the end of its life. Mr. Hubmer stated he is 15 working with Public Works Director Hartman to work out the details on how the system should 16 operate. They are looking at the addition of a couple pieces of redundancy that are not currently 17 included in the water distribution system. Mr. Hubmer stated the water main replacement is 18 scheduled approximately five years out in the Capital Improvement Plan. Replacement at this 19 time would be a little ahead of schedule. Council authorization will be needed to begin bidding. 20 The cost of the water main replacement is approximately $100,000. 21 22 Consensus of the Council was to direct staff to proceed with looking into moving up the 23 scheduled replacement of the water main located in the School District #282 easement to be 24 completed in conjunction with the School District bus loop improvements. 25 26 Mr. Hubmer reported that the south fire station flasher in front of City Hall on Silver Lake Road 27 is currently stuck in the on position. The manufacturer has been contacted and should be on site 28 within the next couple weeks. 29 30 Mayor Faust inquired about the new traffic light at 33rd Avenue /Silver Lake Road. He noted it 31 appears there are numbers to show how many seconds are left in the walk light that are currently 32 not lit. Mr. Hubmer replied he will provide the Council with further information on the new 33 traffic light. He stated there have been questions about the cameras on top of the traffic signals. 34 These cameras are the optical sensors that sense the motion in the intersection instead of using 35 loops in the pavement. 36 37 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 38 39 City Manager Momson reported on the following: 40 ■ Thank you to Don and Verneil Branstad, St. Anthony residents that have volunteered for 41 the last 3 %2 years stuffing envelopes for the Finance Department. 42 ■ The City has received OSHA safety grants applied for by Public Works Director Hartman 43 and Police Chief Ohl. The grants have helped to pay for various pieces of equipment used 44 for water main breaks and the shield used by the police officer in the Roseville Swat 45 incident.