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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 6 1 2 Mayor Faust reconvened the meeting at approximately 8:06 p.m. 3 4 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 5 6 A. Resolution 19-094; a Resolution Approving Accepting Plans and Specifications and 7 Ordering Advertisement for Bids for the 2020 Street and Utility Improvement Project. 8 9 City Engineer Messner reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that staff is 10 requesting approval of the Resolution approving accepting plans and specifications and ordering 11 advertisement for bids for the 2020 streets and utility improvement project. 12 13 Councilmember Jenson complimented the idea of combining the Industrial Flood Mitigation 14 effort with the rest of the 2020 street improvement project. He asked how many businesses will 15 benefit from the flood mitigation. City Engineer Messner indicated there were a number of 16 business along that corridor, Anthony Lane, but he did not have the actual number available. He 17 indicated there were between six and seven buildings that have been affected by the flooding 18 along the back ditch. Primarily, two or three buildings have been affected by major flooding. 19 20 Councilmember Randle thought it was noted that the projects were put off a little bit in order to 21 wait for a better bid. City Engineer Messner explained he was talking about the Industrial Park 22 Flood Improvement Project. The project was actually bid out twice last year and the first-time 23 no-good bids were received and talked with the contractors which felt the schedule was too 24 aggressive. Staff went out and changed the schedule of the project, allowing the project to be 25 constructed over the past winter. Staff did receive somewhat better prices the second time 26 around but not quite what was hoped for and staff felt the prices were too high compared to other 27 unit prices seen throughout the industry. 28 29 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 19- 30 094; a Resolution Approving Accepting Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement 31 for Bids for the 2020 Street and Utility Improvement Project. 32 33 Motion carried 5-0. 34 35 B. Electric Vehicles Report. 36 37 Ms. Kim Napoline, University of Minnesota, introduced herself and made a presentation to the 38 City Council on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in St. Anthony. 39 40 Mayor Faust thanked Ms. Napoline for the presentation and indicated the City really did not 41 know where to begin and this presentation have given them a jumping off point and a lot to think 42 about. He thought this was a very thorough presentation. 43 44 Councilmember Stille indicated this presentation was very enlightening and did not know how 45 many EV's are in town. He wondered how the people with the EV's charged their vehicles now.