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City Council meeting of July 19, 2004 Page 6 improvements, in an amount not to exceed $36,000. A committee shall be formed to discuss the preliminary landscaping design for the improvements, and report their results at the next regular City Council meeting. All aye. Motion Carried. DISCUSSION OF DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC STUDY City Engineer Jay Kennedy provided a Power Point presentation for Council outlining the proposed downtown traffic study area, as well as goals. The study will allow the City to develop a framework for accommodating future redevelopment within the downtown area consistent with the outcomes of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the Supplemental Agreement with WSB Engineers to provide professional engineering services for the downtown traffic study, in an amount not to exceed $12,800. All aye. Motion Carried. 132ND STREET CATTLE CROSSING Council member Frank Puleo questioned whether the cattle crossing needed to be repaired for the 132nd Street improvements. City Engineer Jay Kennedy stated that the cattle crossing is no longer needed, but that a culvert will be replaced for drainage purposes. UPGRADE TO COUNCIL CHAMBER AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT City staff has been working with video technician Cindra Schmidt to provide for some necessary upgrades to the Council chamber's video equipment. Staff met with the vendor, who originally installed the equipment, and made some computer programmable changes, which have corrected some video production problems. The new video equipment upgrade would improve the overall production, as well as provide for much better replay of a number of Council and PC video tapes and be funded through the Cable Franchise Agreement. Council member Granger stated that he has received complaints from constituents about the quality of the City Council broadcast. Granger made motion, Haas seconded, to approve the Scope of Work presented by EPA Audio Visual, Inc., upgrade to the Council chamber's video equipment in an amount not to exceed $13,515. All aye. Motion Carried. 10' STREET DITCH MOWING Council member Frank Puleo stated that Water Resource Engineer Pete Willenbring recommended that the 165' Street ditch be mowed annually. This matter was discussed at the staff meeting held on July 20, 2004. PW Director Chris Petree stated that he will be renting the proper equipment to mow the ditch some time in August 2004.