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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 26, 2018 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />9. 2018 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT — APPROVAL TO SOLICIT BIDS <br />Edwards provided an update to the City Council on the 2018 street maintenance projects. Edwards noted <br />given the engineer's preliminary estimate, there is insufficient funding to complete all of the roads. Staff <br />is recommending one of the roads be included in the bid as an alternate. If the bids come in lower than <br />anticipated, that road could then be included along with the projects. Edwards recommended the alternate <br />road be Forest Arms Lane since the cost is right around the number that the City is short and the condition <br />of the road could reasonably be expected to last another year. <br />The anticipated total for the 2018 road projects is approximately $2 million. Edwards noted $400,000 of <br />the additional City revenue from 2017 has been included in the estimate and that they are looking at a <br />balance from last year in the Pavement Management Fund of approximately $233,000. <br />Walsh stated given those two numbers, the City has $633,000 total to work with. <br />Edwards noted there would also be the levy of $383,000. <br />Walsh stated with all those numbers added together, it comes to a little over a million dollars. Walsh <br />noted Forest Arms Lane is estimated at approximately $367,000. <br />Edwards stated during the design process, the soil borings came out worse than what was projected <br />underneath the pavement, which added significantly to the cost estimate for Forest Arms Lane. Wildhurst <br />and West Lafayette also came in higher than what was originally projected. <br />Walsh commented the City has figured out the problems with the various roads but that it is going to cost <br />more to fix them and as a result, they might only be able to complete six road projects this year. <br />Crosby asked if North Arms is not as dire. <br />Rief indicated it is in slightly better condition than the other roads and the other reason is to delay one <br />project rather than a number of smaller projects. <br />Walsh asked if the funding estimate also takes into account the extra $100,000 from the tower revenue. <br />Olson indicated it does not. <br />Dankey moved, Printup seconded, to authorize the solicitation of bids for the 2018 road <br />improvement projects, with North Arms Road being included as an alternate bid. VOTE: Ayes 4, <br />Nays 0. <br />10. LEAF STREET — APPROVAL TO SOLICIT BIDS <br />Edwards stated Leaf Street has been kept separate from Item No. 9 because it is an MSA road. The cost <br />projections are slightly lower than what Staff originally anticipated. <br />Dankey moved, Crosby seconded, to approve the plans for the improvements to Leaf Street and to <br />authorize Staff to solicit bids. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />Page 3 of 13 <br />