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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 10, 2011 Page 5 1 City Engineer Hubmer explained that the selection of next year's project location was based on 2 the fact that this area has had a number of water main breaks and once this project is finished, all 3 roads west of Silver Lake Road will be reconstructed and the City can then move to other 4 segments of the City. He stated that utility replacement is given highest priority when selecting a 5 project and the area around Belden and Coolidge has had a number of water main breaks. He 6 added that the City also does not want to have construction traffic over a recently reconstructed 7 street, which will mean that the 2012 project will have an entrance route on 36t" Avenue and the 8 City will then redo 36°i Avenue when construction is complete without damaging any new roads. 9 10 Councilmember Roth asked about the City's alleyways and the standards used in construction of 11 those alleyways. He also expressed concern about garbage haulers and stated it was his 12 understanding that the haulers agreed they would not enter the alleyways with loaded trucks. 13 14 City Engineer Hubmer stated that there are design issues with the alleys because they are not 15 designed to the same level as the streets, they are very flat with poor drainage, and some will 16 decay sooner than the roadways. 17 18 City Manager Morrison stated that the haulers agreed not to enter the alleys with loaded trucks; 19 in addition, the haulers are using smaller trucks in some cases. 20 21 City Engineer Hubmer added that the City has applied for a 319 grant to remove phosphorous 22 and pollutant loads to Silver Lake and improve Salo Park pond, which will help the City get into 23 TMDL compliance. He noted that the City already has $50,000 from Rice Creek Watershed 24 District for this project. 25 26 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 27 28 Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the May 5 North Suburban Cable 29 Commission meeting. He stated that the Cable Commission will move into its new space during 30 June and will host an open house later this summer. He agreed to provide further updates 31 regarding the contract renewal process with Comeast. 32 33 Councilmember Stille reported on his attendance at the following: 34 • April 28 Family Services Collaborative Board meeting 35 • May 2 worksession 36 • May 7 participation in Clean -Up Day 37 38 Councilmember Gray reported on his attendance at the following: 39 • May 2 worksession 40 • May 4 sports boosters monthly meeting 41 • May 5 Lions Chub meeting 42 • May 7 participation in Clean -Up day 43 44 Mayor Faust reported on the following: 45 • April 28 MWMO Executive Committee meeting 46 0 May 2 worksession 5