12-09-2008 Council Work Session Minutes

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fund would then pay back these costs of approximately$47,000 annually over the next 14 years. • Sewer improvements—Approximately $200,000+ could be funded from the bond proceeds with payments of$22-23,000 from the sewer fund annually over the next 14 years. • Drainage/Stormwater improvements—The recommended drainage issues to be included would use approximately half of the existing stormwater utility funds; bids for the project will dictate how many will be done. The City can't use bond money for most of the stormwater projects—only the projects directly related to the street reconstruction project. • The City will need to take a position about private owner improvements in the public right-of-way. Council recommended a letter be sent to property owners prior to start of project notifying them to remove improvements in the right-of-way prior to start of the project as the city will not be responsible for relocating, damage or repairs. If the owner doesn't know where the property lines are, he could contact the City to help get the property lines marked. Invisible dog fences, underground irrigation systems, etc. are hard to identify. • There is some street lighting allowance included in the project cost. Engineer to bring back recommendations. • Schedule: i. Final plans to second meeting in January; action to approve plans and specs and authorize advertisement for bids, need 21 days ii. Open bids early March iii. Award project end of March or early April. Contractor could start as early as May depending on road restrictions. Some things can be done before school is out without disrupting traffic. iv. There is probably no need for additional neighborhood meetings—other methods are available for notifications and distributing information. • Technology used for this project is designed to cause the least disruption to the neighborhood. There may be some other less expensive methods available for some of the improvements. • Handling contaminated soils has increased the project costs approximately $400,000. 6. Review Annual Appointments • Replace Ron Moorse with Bill Wells. • Replace Dave Rahn with Doug Franchot. • Other appointments remain and can be revised as needed.