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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2008 Page 6 2 D. Consider Resolution 08 -044 Approval of the First Amendment to the Hennepin County 3 Construction Agreement. 4 5 City Engineer Hubmer reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the proposed 6 resolution accepts Amendment 1 to the Construction Services Agreement with Hennepin County 7 for the Silver Lake Road Improvement Project. The amendment authorizes payment to the City 8 for $195,075.00 to provide water quality treatment for the Silver Lake Road Improvements, 9 which will be provided under the Water Reuse Facility Project. 10 11 Mayor Faust commended City Engineer Hubmer for the negotiations with Hennepin County on 12 the County's participation in the Water Reuse Facility Project. 13 14 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 08- 15 044, Approval of the First Amendment tot eh Hennepin County Construction Agreement. 16 17 Motion carried unanimously. 18 19 City Engineer Hubmer explained with the Silver Lake Road Project, the Water Reuse Project, 20 and the possibility of reconstructing the City Hall parking lot, the contingency funds available 21 are minimal at most. He informed the Council of the possibility of coming forward at a future 22 date to request additional funds if there are significant changes to the projects. 23 24 Councilmember Roth requested information regarding the sod that was recently put in on 27th 25 Avenue that is brown. 26 27 City Engineer Hubmer replied the contractor will be required to replace the sod. Staff had 28 notified the contractor shortly after the installation that the sod was not adequately watered. The 29 sod was not cared for according to the City's specifications and the replacement will be at no 30 expense to the City. 31 32 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 33 34 City Manager Morrison reported on the following: 35 ■ League of Minnesota Cities Conference — June 11th — 13`h 36 ■ Letter received from Columbia Heights Police Chief recognizing the efforts of St. 37 Anthony Officers Jeff Spiess, Tressa Sunde and Josh White in assisting with the 38 apprehension of a burglary suspect on June 5, 2008. 39 ■ Deadline to apply for the Single Garbage Hauler Task Force has been extended to July 40 17th. The intent is to appoint the task force members at the July 22 "a City Council 41 meeting. The first task force meeting is intended to be scheduled for August 18th. As of 42 this date there have been two applications submitted. 43 ■ Two Committees will begin in July — 1) Transportation and General Government; 2) 44 Metro Cities and Personnel, LMC. 45 ■ The July 8, 2008 City Council meeting is not necessary; Council may choose to cancel 46 the meeting.