Laserfiche WebLink
10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 8, 2005 <br />Page 3 <br />She listed the top five goals for 2005 as: Establishing a funding plan and year for improvements <br />to Silver Lake Road; Make improvements to City Hall and the Community Center; Development <br />a plan for street lights, sidewalks and tree replacements; Develop a plan for Phase II <br />redevelopment at Silver Lake Village; and Communicate to the public the value of services. <br />In conclusion, Ms. Kvilvang commended the City for these goals, and for the work they do. She <br />said her firm works with a lot of cities and not many do all this work. She applauded the staff for <br />working well with the Council to get things done. She said looking at St. Anthony overall the <br />past three years she's been working with the city, the City has done a great job. <br />Councilmember Thuesen inquired what the date was when the old Apache site was cleared and <br />the process of building started. Ms. Kvilvang replied the bulldozer was there in April. Mayor <br />Faust added the Plaza was begun to be torn down on April 8 of last year. <br />Councilmember Thuesen commented it has changed incredibly in the year. <br />Mayor Faust commended Ms. Kvilvang and Ehlers & Associates for their work. He said the <br />City has received very good financial advice and key strategies from them. He stated because <br />they, and Staff, worked at hard as they did, everything stayed on task. He commented it is <br />because of everyone working together that so much was accomplished; it cannot be attributed to <br />any one group. <br />Councilmember Stille commented this document was a lot of hard work and suggested it be <br />made available for the community to read. He asked when it would be on the City website and if <br />hard copies would be available at City Hall. <br />City Manager Mike Mornson said it will be available on the web site and on the cable access <br />channel soon. He said it could be put in the library, and it also could be sent to residents upon <br />request. <br />C. Consider Resolution 05 -028, re: -2005 Street Improvement Bid Award — Todd Hubmer, <br />WSB nresentina <br />Mr. Hubmer reviewed the Resolution awarding the bid for 2005 street improvement <br />reconstruction project. He noted the area that will receive improvements. He said the City <br />received bids on January 7, 2005 and there were a total of 11 bidders. The low bidder was SM <br />Hentges & Sons with a bid of $1,311,115.72. He explained there are two alternates in the <br />proposal. These alternates were to use a vinyl coated chain link fence along the cemetery, with <br />the cemetery paying for the difference between alternates 1 and 2 to upgrade the fencing. He <br />pointed out the engineer's estimate was $1,345,000. <br />Councilmember Stille asked why there is such a large difference in the bids. Mr. Hubmer <br />explained that possibly one of the contractors was very busy, but wanted to keep his name in <br />front of the City for future work, and put in a high bid. He said at times there are very few <br />bidders, and the high bidders win. He further noted that SM Hentges & Sons do quality work <br />and have done other work in the city. They have a good understanding of the project at hand. <br />