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City Council Meeting - February 19, 1991 Page confiquration to meet the City Council's needs. Currently, the equipment we requested is on order, and we are anticipating a mid-March completion date. Cable TV North Central has made a commitment of $3,000 toward the purchase of equipment; however, with the use of two cameras, and combining our audio and video equipment, it would appear that the total cost to equip the Council chambers will be approximately $6,500. The City Council expressed no objection to the increased cost and instructed Administrator to proceed with the installation of the equipment as discussed. ELMOREST AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT The City received a letter from City Engineer KUUsisto regarding the Elmcrest Avenue bridge replacement project. It was noted that the revised estimate for this project is $107,260, compared with the original estimate of $78,208 in 1988. The primary reason for the increase is the need to better address the roadway approaches to this bridge. Based on the engineer's report, it would appear that approximately $50,000 of this project will be the local share, making Hugo's commitment approximately $25,000. This is up approximately $12,000 from the budgeted funds for the making of this improvement. It is our understanding that this project is fairly high on the State's list, and we are looking at a 1991 or 1992 project date. After a lengthy discussion, the council directed the city engineer to proceed with this project as presented in the report dated February 7, 1991 PARk::ING IMPROVEMENTS FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS When the City completed its improvements to the athletic fields, north of City Hall last fall, the parking facilities to serve this complex were dropped from the project. The reason for this last-minute change was the high cost of the improvement over the engineer's estimate. We have contacted the Washington County Highway Department to see if they would be willing to do some of this construction work: for us in the spring. We feel it is imperative that we provide off-street parking to accommodate this new facility, and would recommend authorization to proceed with this proposal. Administrator Huber informed the Council the parking improvements would be paid for out of park funds at a cost of approximately $6,i)(M).00. Miron made motion, seconded by McAllister to authorize Administrator Huber to work with Washington County to accomplish the parking lot project within the scope of the cost estimate referred herein. All aye, motion passed. LETTER FROM BRUCE FAULk:EN A letter from Mr. Bruce Faul4::en, written on behalf of Dr. Robert k::ieffer was provided to the City Council. Councilman McAllister read the letter to the audience. The council felt copies of the letter should be provide, to the Ordinance Violations Committee. Councilman McAllister stated he objected to the executive session scheduled for later and felt discussion at said meeting should be restricted to the ad hoc committee report. City Attorney Charles Johnson informed the council that listening to the demands of the litigants was not a problem; however, responses that would be expressed could be a problem.