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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for May 18, 2009 Page 4 of 9 Approve Scheduling of May 22, 2009 Tornado Disaster Media Day At its April 20, 2009 meeting, the Council listened to Mayor Fran Miron as he recapped the Phases of Disaster meeting held at Oneka Elementary School on April 7, 2009. In recognition of the one year anniversary of the May 25, 2008 tornado disaster, Fran agreed to hold a media day prior to the one year anniversary on Monday, May 25, 2009 in order to provide information to the media who intend to report on the one-year anniversary. Council directed staff to schedule a media day and invite Mayor Fran Miron, Washington County Sheriff Bill Hutton, Fire Chief Jim Compton, and Long Term Disaster Recovery Committee Chair Jim Gondek to present information and facts about the City of Hugo and the rebuilding and recovery efforts that have taken place in the eleven months after the May 25, 2008 tornado disaster. City staff has scheduled a media day for Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Hugo City Hall and invited all media outlets including television, radio, and newspapers as well as all residents who were affected by the May 25, 2008 tornado disaster. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved scheduling this media day as a public meeting in order to allow the attendance of the Council. Approve Resolution Authorizing Sale of Improvement Bonds for 2009 Street Reconstruction Proiect At its February 2, 2009 meeting, the Hugo City Council approved a resolution calling for the 2009 street reconstruction project which would take place in and around the Hugo Elementary School. On March 4, 2009, the Hugo City Council approved the award of contract to Arcon Construction for the reconstruction project in an amount of $1.5 million with the project set to start in April. As Council is aware, this is the City's first ever street reconstruction project. Staff is please to report that the project has went very well with much progress. Finance Director Ron Otkin prepared a resolution authorizing the sale of improvement bonds for the project. Ron reported that he received a number of prepayments from residents who had 30 days in which to prepay the special assessments on the project. City staff recommended Council adopt the resolution authorizing the sale of $965,000 in improvements bonds for the 2009 street reconstruction project. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2009-15 PROVIDING FOR THE COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED SALE OF $965,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 2009A. Approve Award of Bid for 2009 Graveling Proiect At its April 20, 2009 meeting, the Hugo City Council authorized City staff to advertise for the award of bid for the 2009 graveling project. Bids were received and opened on Friday, May 15, 2009 for this contract. Public Works Director Scott Anderson explained there were 25 miles of gravel roads in Hugo on a five-year resurfacing plan, with 4.1 miles of road to be resurfaced in 2009. The City received three bids, and Dresel Contracting was the low bidder at $8.08 per ton of Class 5 aggregate. The total project cost was estimated to be $88,880.00. Weidt made motion, Haas seconded, to award the bid for the 2009 graveling project to Dresel Contracting for the 2009 graveling project at $8.08 per ton. All Ayes. Motion carried.