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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, November 9, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 15 16. LA20-000066 – Marty Sarenpa, 1101 North Arm Drive, Variance, Resolution 17. LA20-000067 – Alethea Sadowski o/b/o Roger and Nancy McCabe, 1265 Shoreline Drive, Variance – Resolution Crosby asked to add Items No. 22 Authorize for Advertisement, RFP for Building Services, with changes discussed during the work session; No. 23 Health Insurance Approval; No. 24 Long Lake Fire SCBA Capital Purchase; and No. 25 Closed Session to Discuss Union Negotiations for Local 12 and Local 49. Crosby moved, Seals seconded, to approve the Agenda and the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. PUBLIC COMMENTS The Fire Chief noted the Fire Fighters really appreciate all the support that Orono Council gives them and thanked the Council. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER REPORT 18. BIG ISLAND PARK AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) TRAIL PROJECT (19-033) – CHANGE ORDER Edwards noted construction is underway on Phase 1 of the project and putting in the ADA Accessible trails. Pre-construction hurdles have finally been passed which included a huge amount of archaeology work and some other permitting work. The other bit of good news is the latest bonding bill at the State level where $300,000 was allocated to improvements at the Big Island Park. Today Staff is looking for approval of a change order, partly because the bonding bill dollars will be available in the new year – they are proposing to bring back to the project the picnic shelter and things along with the shelter on the southern end of the park. He noted there is also a request from the consulting engineering firm for additional funding for the archaeology and construction management that was required to oversee the change order for the shelter. Walsh noted the total of $717,000 and the project costs $513,000; what is still missing out of the $513,000 and needs to be put back in is the second bathroom by the shelter up on the hill. He said the conversation was always which bathroom to put in first, and they chose to pick the one by the visitor center; the additional bathroom would be another $100,000 which brings the total to $613,000 and there will be some other soft costs. Walsh’s recommendation after working on this and securing the additional $300,000 is to roll all the dollars and put the second bathroom in place as they will not go back in two years and redo this project, rather it will be a one-time hit. They have also talked about putting in a Veterans Memorial marker by the visitor center and he suggests using whatever extra dollars that are left at the end of the project to put towards the memorial. Printup said the state bond funding of $300,000 is the first time in a long time that the regional asset, which is Lake Minnetonka and the Big Island Park has state bond money and he applauds that and said it was a really good move that the Mayor did. However, historically Printup has not voted for money to go out to Big Island, so while he applauds it, he will not be supporting this because of problems in the past