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CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 8, 1998 °~ ~~ ~ 3~~:, Mayor Gehrz convened the meeting at 7:03 p.m. PRESENT Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Hustad, Kuettel, and Jacobs. Also present was Hoyt, Asleson, and Maurer. COMMUNITY FORUM There was no one wishing to take advantage of the community forum. MINUTES OF MARCH 25, 1998 Minutes were approved by unanimous consent. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED Councilmember Hustad moved to approve the following consent agenda. The motion passed unanimously. 1. Disbursements • 2. Licenses 3. Approval of change order #1 with Custom Fire for the fire truck refurbishing 4. Approval of change order #3 with North Metro Landscaping POLICY AGENDA DISCUSSION OF THE COSTS FOR THE 1998 LARPENTEUR AVENUE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT Mr. Dan Soler, Ramsey County project engineer, explained the city's costs for the Larpenteur Avenue reconstruction, which are 5217,153.26 (5186,456.51 city/ 530,696.75 MSA) or 51 10,815.15 more than the estimated costs for the city. Mr. Soler explained that the cost increase was due to two things. The federal ISTEA funding share was reduced, which added to the city's costs and, more significantly, the city's storm sewer costs were 5150,397.71 or 595,531.35 higher than estimated. This is because 1) the county added a lot of storm sewer work between doing the cost estimate and the actual bid; 2) the city's share, which is calculated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is 45% the city's responsibility or 20% higher than the estimated city share; and 3) the estimates of the costs for storm sewer were low. Mr. Soler said that the county was willing to increase its share of the costs is the areas where it is possible to do so in order to reduce the city's share to the same level as in 1997, resulting in a 520,908.80 savings to the city's expenditures for a total non-MSA share of 5165,547.71 to the project. Mr. Soler will also revisit the storm sewer drainage • calculations with the city engineer and MnDOT. Mr. Soler also expressed a Ramsey County commitment to completing the Larpenteur Avenue reconstruction in Falcon Heights from Arona to Hamline in 1999.