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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for May 6, 2019 Page 6 of 9 Klein asked about the center of the roundabout. Erichson replied that it would be planted with grasses as outlined the contract. The development team may do a more intense planting. In that case, they would be responsible for the maintenance Miron made motion, Klein seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2019 – 22 A RESOLUTION RECEIVING BIDS AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE 130TH STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Award of Bid for 2019 Dust Control Project Public Works Director, Scott Anderson informed Council that Bids for the 2019 Dust Control Project were opened on May 1, 2019. There are approximately 25 miles of gravel roads and dust control has been applied to all of them twice per year since 2008. The City had received mostly positive feedback from residents. The City cost shares with May Township for Keystone Avenue and also works with the City of Grant in the bidding process. Anderson announced the low bidder was Northern Salt at $0.878 per gallon, and he recommended the contract be award to them. Haas made motion, Klein seconded, to award the bid to Northern Salt, Inc., to apply calcium chloride at $0.878 per gallon. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update on Gravel Roads City Engineer Mark Erichson explained that for a number of years, Hugo has had performance issues with a number of its gravel roads. In 2018, the City Council authorized further evaluation of these gravel roads and a number of work sessions followed. Erichson explained the process they went through to evaluate the roads, and he reviewed their findings. This resulted in a recommendation to reclaim the gravel roads (mix the layers of existing gravel within the road structure), yielding a better gradation of material. Council had authorized test sections to be thth completed in 2018 on Ingersoll Ave, 175 Street, Inwood Ave, and 180 Street (1.67 miles). The approach taken to correct the issue was to clean up the aggregate structure, modify the approach to dust management, increase the cross slopes to shed water, and incorporate compaction into the blading process. This had positive results, and the roads were performing well. The 2018 project cost $12,000 plus staff time and traffic control. There was a remaining 5.5 miles of problematic gravel roadways at an estimated cost of $40,000, plus staff time and traffic control, that staff was recommending to move forward with in 2019. Miron asked about the dust control on the roads, how it performed, and when it would be done. Public Works Director Scott Anderson replied the plan was to reduce dust control and adjust the application up or down dependent on how the roads performed. Timing would be subject to the Public Works Department work load, and Anderson stated the weather was a big factor. The plan was to put chloride down in mid-June and possibly again in mid-August.