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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 28, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. (4. OLD CRYSTAL BAYROAD RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE, Continued) Kellogg stated adjacent to the school's existing pond there needs to be some additional water infiltration, which the School District is willing to grant an easement for. Kellogg indicated they intend to meet with School District representatives on a biweekly basis to keep them updated on the project. Bremer asked whether the School District would be granting the easement free of charge. Kellogg stated they would be providing it at no cost to the City. Loftus stated the School District has requested the City work with them on the rain gardens. Kellogg stated the school's detail and the city's detail for the rain garden work are very similar and they are essentially on the same page in regards to that work. McMillan asked whether the rain gardens would add to the cost of the project. Kellogg stated in his estimation the costs will be lower than anticipated due to the changed routing of the water to the regional pond. The pond to the south was designed to take some of the drainage off the roadway but it lacked the conveyance to get the water to the pond so the routing was changed, which has reduced the costs. • McMillan asked whether the City Council needs to look at the costs for the parking lot and sidewalk. • Kellogg indicated that aspect of the work will be bid as an alternate and the Council can determine at that point whether they would like to proceed with that aspect of the project. Kellogg stated he anticipates the bids will be lower than in the past given the state of the economy. Franchot asked whether the City Engineer would like to get some direction on the irrigation tonight. Kellogg stated they would like to put together a landscape plan for review at the next City Council meeting and that a final decision will need to be made at that point on the irrigation system. Franchot noted he would not be in attendance at the next meeting and stated that if the costs are what have been stated tonight, he would prefer to go forward with the irrigation system since it would protect the City's investment in the landscaping and would also afford the City the ability to water the landscaping in the event of a drought. McMillan asked whether there would be any other aspect to the maintenance agreement with the contractor other than the watering and getting the landscaping established. Kellogg indicated there generally is a two -year warranty period on trees given by the contractor and a 30 -day warranty on the sod. After the 30 days the City would assume responsibility of the sod, which would be the sod located outside the curb and would be included in the existing irrigation system. McMillan asked whether the irrigation system would replace the maintenance agreement with the • contractor. Page 4 of 13