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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 10, 2005 Page 4 Mayor Faust thanked the Commissioner and Director for speaking and said the City will be in touch. 4 B. City Engineer Report — Todd Hubmer, WSB 5 Mr. Hubmer stated that his staff met with Mr. Grube approximately a month ago and discussed 6 funding options for Silver Lake Road. He noted the City will try to maximize the County's tools 7 available to the City and the financing options available to the City. The first project will start 8 the following day, which is the 2005 street improvement project. 9 10 1. 2005 Street Improvement Proiect. 11 Mr. Hubmer noted the first phase will be 31" Avenue and Edward Street. Phase II will be 12 Roosevelt Street and Edward Street. The contractor is S.M. Hentges. He directed questions to 13 Tim Andler at 612- 360 -1693, noting that he is the first contact person and is on -site every day. 14 Mr. Hubmer offered his number of 763 - 287 -7182 and said he could also answer questions. He 15 said Jay Hartman can also be contacted with questions at 612 - 782 -3314. 16 17 Councilmember Stille asked what the procedure is for putting in new driveways. Mr. Hubmer 18 explained the contractor can complete such projects at the owner's request. He indicated the 19 driveway would be reconstructed up to the garage, and the garage would not be dealt with at all, 20 in the rare case that the foundation of the house is attached. He suggested calling Mr. Andler 21 with questions and for quotes. The homeowner can hire their own contractor, as well. He 22 explained the City does participate in that reconstruction. For the portion of the driveway the 23 City would reconstruct, the City rebates for the footage that it would work on. He said they 24 would rather not have two contractors in the same driveway. He said he would like to have one 25 contractor, one warranty, and one place to go with questions. 26 27 Councilmember Stille raised the issue of the problems encountered in 2004. Mr. Hubmer 28 explained that if there are any related construction problems, his office should have been 29 contacted by last Friday. The list of repairs was sent to the contractor yesterday and he 30 anticipated that the contractor would be out in the next month to do some repairs. There was a 31 lot of moisture last winter and there were more cracks, etc. related to that. He said it will all be 32 handled; is all warranty work. 33 34 2. Schedule for 39th Avenue Improvements. 35 Mr. Hubmer explained the first ad will be in the papers May 13. The bid opening is June 9, 36 2005. He anticipated the bid award will be June 28, but there are some things that must be 37 handled in the meantime. He said he anticipated construction to start the week after the fourth of 38 July; approximately July 11. He said the street will likely be completely closed during 39 construction. He noted that he will meet with all the businesses along the street regarding access 40 to their business during construction. This project is expected to be completed in October of 41 2005. 42 43 3. Sidewalk, Street Lighting Plan and a Draft Analysis of Concrete versus Asphalt. 44 Mr. Hubmer stated his staff has completed a sidewalk evaluation. The sidewalks that are in good 45 condition are: St. Anthony Boulevard (west of Silver Lake Road); 29th Avenue; 33rd Avenue; 46 39th Avenue; Silver Lake Road (north of 37th Avenue). There are sidewalks in need of repair and 47 maintenance which are: Kenzie Terrace; 37th Avenue (north side); Stinson Boulevard (south of