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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 14, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 18 of 30 (12. 2014 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, Continued) Levang moved, Bremer seconded, to accept the proposal from Bolton and Menk for the Rest Point Road and Rest Point Circle design phase services, to accept Bolton and Menk’s proposal for West Lafayette Road design phase services and feasibility study, and to accept the proposal from Bolton and Menk for the Pavement Management Plan Update. McMillan asked if the City Council wants to go forward with the design phase services on West Lafayette Road or just the feasibility study. Struve stated the motion should be for a feasibility study to be completed on West Lafayette Road and that it is likely approximately 80 percent of the plans would be prepared in conjunction with that. David Martini, Consulting Engineer, stated he would propose that Bolton and Menk conduct some geotechnical work to get an idea of the underlying soils and then work with the Public Works Director to put together a general scope of the project. Martini stated it would basically be a letter of recommendation to the City with some cost estimates. The City Council could then determine, based on that information, what the next step should be. Once there is an agreement on the scope of work, work would begin on the plans and specifications. Dennis Walsh, 1354 Rest Point Circle, stated he read the information on the general reclamation part of the project but would also like to talk about the plans and specifications and overall approach to the project. Walsh stated it is unlikely the City will redo Rest Point Circle once this work is done for another 15 to 20 years and that it is important for the City Council to be aware of some right-of-way issues that exist, some non-conforming use issues that exist inside the roadway, and the fact that these roads are one lane roads. Walsh stated the non-conforming use is a square curb that is located in the roadway that does not meet any city guidelines, engineering guidelines, or state guidelines. Walsh stated he was glad the City Administrator brought up the point about setting precedents because when precedents are set without public input, those can become an issue at some point in the future. Walsh stated there are also snow issues which create other problems. Walsh stated in his view this is a leadership issue in which the Mayor will either see it as important to take care or a non-leadership issue where the Mayor does not decide to take any action. McMillan noted a reclaim is not the same as a reconstruct and that the City Council will be looking at curb issues and other items as part of this process. McMillan stated the City Council will be relying on the Consulting City Engineer and the Public Works Director to review those items first and then present their findings to the Council. Walsh stated the City Council provides direction to the City engineers and that if the Council chooses, they can provide specific direction to the engineers to ensure that these issues are addressed. Walsh stated this is a one-lane road and that this is the City’s one opportunity to fix the encroachment that should not be there. McMillan asked if Mr. Walsh is talking about widening the road.