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City Council meeting of May 7, 2007 Page 8 packets/agenda to previous attendees; placement of electronic signs; flyers in The Citizen newspaper; and pizzas and refreshments. All aye. Motion Carried. AWARD OF BID (OAKSHORE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD P.I. PROJECT) Oakshore Park residents and Council members Becky Petryk and Mike Granger abstained from discussion and voting on this matter. On March 5, 2007, Council authorized staff to advertise for the Oakshore Park neighborhood public improvement project. This project would provide City sewer and water, as well as bituminous roadways for ditches for water drainage. The project also includes grading and parking lot improvements within the Oakshore Park property. On Friday, April 27, 2007, the City opened bids for the project and received a total of seven bidders for the public improvement project. Upon review by City Engineer Jay Kennedy and Senior Engineering Technician Scott Anderson, the low bidder for the project was Arcon Construction in the amount of $1,148,971.29. City Engineer Jay Kennedy presented the bid results to Council, and discussed the timing of the assessment hearing process. Haas made motion, Puleo seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2007-21 DECLARING COSTS TO BE ASSESSED AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS FOR THE OAKSHORE PARK STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. VOTING AYE: Haas, Puleo, Miron ABSTAINED: Petryk and Granger Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2007-22 CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT FOR THE OAKSHORE PARK STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVMENTS. VOTING AYE: Haas, Puleo, Miron ABSTAINED: Petryk and Granger Motion Carried. REPORT ON CITY OFFER FOR AUDIT PETITIONERS TO MEET WITH CITY AUDITOR At its April 16, 2007 meeting, Council extended an offer to representatives for the WeThePeople- SaveHugo.com and their interest in requesting from the Minnesota State Auditor a separate of the City's financial records for 2003, 2004, and 2005. Finance Director Ron Otkin stated that representatives from the organization would have until Tuesday, April 24, 2007 to meet with City auditors, Smith Schafer & Associates, prior to the commencement of the City's annual audit. City staff wishes to report to Council that WeThePeople-SaveHugo.com rejected the City's offer and the City did not receive a visit, telephone call, or email on the issue. No formal Council action was taken.