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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />June 27, 2006 <br />Page 8 <br />1 estimates the cost to be $175,000. Mr. Hubmer said this is not the estimated cost, but it is the <br />2 maximum dollar amount the City can accept. <br />4 City Manager Mornson indicated the original estimated cost is $500,000. Highcrest sidewalks <br />5 are included in the financial strategies plan. This grant came into place this past year just after <br />6 they passed the financial strategies plan. This grant will provide the money to pay for the <br />7 sidewalk from 33`d to Silver Lake Park on 29d'. <br />8 <br />9 Mayor Faust pointed out this is one of the projects talked about for some time. With the <br />10 walkable communities workshop from Ramsey County and the Minnesota Department of <br />11 Transportation's safe routes to school, it appears St. Anthony will be one of the first <br />12 communities to do a feasibility study and first communities to get this grant. <br />13 <br />14 Councilmember Thuesen personally finds this stretch of sidewalk very important for the <br />15 community. A strong school system makes a strong community. Getting students safely to and <br />16 from school is important. With the ever - shrinking dollars in the school system, it is hard to say if <br />17 transportation will be cut back, but if it is, this becomes a very important project. <br />18 <br />19 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to approve Resolution <br />20 06 -059; Minnesota Safe Routes to School Grant. <br />21 Motion carried unanimously. <br />22 <br />23 E. Update on Various Proiects. <br />24 <br />25 Mr. Hubmer updated the Council on various projects in St. Anthony. <br />26 <br />27 The contractor is nearing completion on all remaining items for the 2005 Street Reconstruction <br />28 Project. The second lift of asphalt was placed during the week of June 12, 2006. This project is <br />29 essentially complete with very few minor items outstanding. <br />30 <br />31 Mr. Hubmer expressed his amazement at the speed in which progress is being made on the 2006 <br />32 Street Reconstruction Project. Mr. Hubmer anticipates the contractor will be laying asphalt by <br />33 the end of the first week of July. The utility work within the project limits have installed curbs <br />34 and gutters on most of the streets. Driveways are being put back in and top soil and sod will be <br />35 laid soon. He anticipates project completion by July 31, 2006. The contractor has done a very <br />36 goodjob. <br />37 <br />38 Final plans and specifications for the Foss Road Lift Station are currently being completed and <br />39 will be advertised shortly. The completion of the plans and specification, particularly the <br />40 electrical documentation and architectural design of the building, has taken a little longer than <br />41 previously anticipated. Mr. Hubmer requests the Council consider amending Resolution 06 -035 <br />42 from an award date of July 25, 2006 to an award date of August 8, 2006. This will allow the <br />43 . project to begin in August as the original schedule intended. <br />44 <br />45 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to amend Resolution 06- <br />46 035 from an award date of July 25, 2006 to an award date of August 8, 2006. <br />47 <br />