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City Council meeting of March 17, 2003 Page 3 to allow the use of restroom facilities. This is an excellent opportunity for residents to recycle their household hazardous waste. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved Washington County to hold its annual household hazardous waste collection day on Saturday, August 16, 2003. APPROVE PAY REQUEST #16 FROM LANDMARK STRUCTURES FOR WORK COMPLETED ON WATER TOWER #3 Landmark Structures made application to the City for approval of pay request # 16 for work completed to date on water tower #3. Project Manager Steve Campbell from SEH reviewed the request and found it to be consistent with work completed to date. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved payment to Landmark Structures in the amount of $4,376.65 for work completed on water tower #3. APPROVE BID AWARD FOR TH61 AND 140M STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL On Thursday, March 6, 2003, the City and SEH Engineers opened bids for the new traffic signal at TH61 and 14& Street. There were a total of seven bidders on the project, which was rebid from last fall after higher than normal bids were received for completion of the project in 2002. The low bid for the project was received from Hardrives in the amount of $354,333.40. Hardrives Construction is a well-known construction company experienced in street improvement work, and they were one of the bidders on the project last fall. City Engineer Dave Mitchell reported that the bid received now is more than $100,000 less than the low bid received last fall. It was estimated that this project would begin the first part of May 2003. Granger made motion, Petryk seconded, to award the contract for the TH61 and 140x' Street traffic signal to the low bidder Hardrives Construction in the amount of $354,333.40. All aye. Motion Carried. DISCUSSION OF THE WETLANDS RESOLUTION At its February 18, 2003 meeting, the Council adopted a resolution supporting a change in the wetlands state statute. Mayor Fran Miron presented the issue for discussion with Council and provided a detailed explanation of the language change in state statute. Council member Chuck Haas brought this issue for review by Council in order to fiuther clarify the issue and to determine its potential impact on other state agencies, the RCWD, and the LCMR grant of $1.2 million. The Council discussed this matter at length defining this matter as a property owner rights issue versus environmental rights. Council reviewed the draft resolution and suggested changes for City Attorney Dave Snyder to incorporate in the revised draft. Council also felt that the JD2 Blue Ribbon Task Force should be reconvened in an attempt to gain their support of the proposed legislation. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2003-16 SUPPORTING H.F. NO. 712 AND S.F. NO. 738 WHICH WOULD ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF JD2 BY LEGAL MEANS TO THE OFFICIAL PROFILE NO LATER THAN JULY 1, 2004. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried.