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A- P MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 26, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. • (10. OLD CRYSTAL BAYROAD UPDATED COST ESTIMATES AND FINANCL4L INFORMATION, Continued) Franchot noted the Mayor had indicated the Council should look at it after the Orono Orchard Road project was completed. McMillan stated she should have stated the planning process and not the actual road construction. Rahn commented that process could be started the first of the year. McMillan stated it is unlikely construction would start before 2013 on the other MSA projects. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 2, Franchot and Bremer Opposed. 11. ORONO ORCHARD ROAD PROJECT UPDATE Amundsen stated the schedule before the Council tonight is the same schedule that was presented previously and that he is looking for input from the Council on what they would like to see as far as public comment. McMillan asked when the feasibility study would be ready. Amundsen indicated they could have something ready by October 101' and that there would be two • portions to the feasibility study. The majority of the road project would be funded by the City. The Metropolitan Council pipe project is fairly straight forward but there are some technical details that will need to be worked out on a longer term schedule. That work would not have much impact on the City's portion of the cost. Those details would not have much impact on the project schedule or the residents. McMillan stated she would like a press release to go out to the local paper to inform the residents that the Council will be discussing this road at the October 10"' meeting as well as have an executive summary available on the City's website. McMillan stated she would like to get the neighbors on board right from the beginning and then hold a neighborhood meeting to discuss the project after the feasibility study is available for review by the residents. At the October 24`'' council meeting, the feasibility study could be approved after the neighbors have had a chance to review the feasibility study. McMillan asked if October 24th would be too late to approve the feasibility study. Amundsen indicated that would still be within the schedule. McMillan stated she would like a couple of weeks for the residents to look at the feasibility study and gain their input prior to the Council approving the feasibility study. Rahn stated his recollection from past discussions is that the optimum bidding dates are January but yet the timeline says April. Rahn commented he was surprised to see the April bidding date and asked when this project would go out for bids. Amundsen stated the bid advertisement would be early March and that it is roughly a one -month process • from advertising the bids to Council approval. Amundsen indicated that was one of the requests from the Page 6 of 10