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City Council meeting of January 3, 2006 Page 5 APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN FABLE HILL DEVELOPMENT Pratt Homes, developer, has requested the City accept the newly constructed public improvements in the Fable Hill development. This would involve the acceptance of the public roads and public utilities inside the Fable Hill development, with the exception of all roadway and utilities located between stations 7+60 and 9+00 of Fable Hill Parkway North as shown on as -built sheet C2. Acceptance of the improvements would begin a one-year warranty period. At the end of one year, this portion of the project would be considered complete and maintenance activities would become the responsibility of the City. Adoption of the Consent Agenda accepted the public infrastructure in the Fable Hill subdivision. APPROVE APRIL 27.2006 AS ANNUAL BOARD OF APPEAL & EQUALIZATION Council member Chuck Haas requested that this item be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Each year, the Washington County Auditor's office recommends a day for the City's annual Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting, with this year's meeting scheduled at City Hall on Thursday, April 27, 2006, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Council member Haas asked that the meeting be held first thing in the morning or at the end of the day so that residents would not have to take additional time off work. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to table this matter to allow staff time to work with Washington County officials in an effort to schedule the meeting at a time more convenient for residents. All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR CSAH 8/14 PROJECT Council member Chuck Haas requested that this matter be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. At its December 19, 2005 meeting, Council listened to a presentation from Assistant County Engineer Wayne Sandberg regarding the review of the bids for the CSAH 8/14 road improvement project. Wayne informed Council that there have been several meetings between Washington County, Anoka County, and City of Hugo officials regarding the low bidder Arnt Construction. He requested the City's support for the staff recommendation to accept the low bid of $10.5 million dollars for the CSAH 8/14 project and Council agreed to draft a resolution of support to endorse the project. He explained to Council the issue with the second bid, which was for the MCES Lino Lakes sewer interceptor. Met Council was unwilling to award the bid to Arnt Construction for that project because they were not the low bidder. Council directed staff to send a letter to Met Council Regional Administrator Tom Weaver requesting his support for the project. Haas made motion, Miron seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2006-1 SUPPORTING WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THELOW BID FROM ARNT CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CSAH 8/14 PROJECT, as amended, with another Whereas requesting support for the MCES sewer interceptor to Lino Lakes. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried.