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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,April 23,2018 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 17. 2018 R0 AD MAINTENANCE PROJECT—AWARD <br /> Edwards stated ii e City over the past year has gone through a design and engineering process for this <br /> year's road proj;cts. Last week bids were opened for the projects. Staff is recommending award the <br /> projects to the le w bidder,which was Park Construction in the amount of$1,209,357. That bid includes <br /> Wildhurst,Fore•t Arms Landing,Minnetonka Highlands,Leaf Street,Vine,Lyric Avenue,and West <br /> Lafayette. Also 'ncluded is the realignment of Linden Lane and the replacement of the water main that <br /> runs underneath est Lafayette Road. <br /> Edwards noted . the time the projects were initially discussed, Staff was projecting the projects would be <br /> over the availab - resources and Forest Arms Landing was included as an alternate bid. Edwards stated <br /> he does not anticipate the funding being available for that road and that he would recommend it be <br /> deferred to 2019 <br /> Walsh comment-d the City has five great road projects for this year and that the Council is working hard <br /> to catch up on read improvements,with the City creating a road fund. Walsh noted Leaf Street is an <br /> MSA road and h:s some serious issues with it that need to be addressed. Walsh stated the Council in the <br /> next few weeks ill begin looking at the next section of roads to complete in 2019. <br /> Seals noted whe they went around campaigning almost two years ago,roads were one of the bigger <br /> issues and that it is exciting the City is starting to make progress on them. <br /> Seals moved,C osby seconded,to approve the 2018 Road Maintenance Projects and to award the <br /> low bid to Park Construction in the amount of$1,209,357. VOTE: Ayes 3,Nays 0. <br /> 18. 2019 R()AD MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING REPORT <br /> Edwards stated Staff would like to start work on the 2019 road maintenance planning and engineering. A <br /> list of roads is included in staff report. Forest Arms Landing has already been designed but it has been <br /> included on the list. <br /> In addition,as p rt of this item, Staff is seeking some direction on East Long Lake Road. Staff is <br /> proposing that t e City in 2019 fix the southern half of it. However,the northern half of Long Lake Road <br /> is in absolutely t rrible condition but would result in considerable cost. Edwards stated some options <br /> include repairin the road,perhaps doing some patching,transitioning it from a road to a trail,or do <br /> nothing,which i probably not a viable option. Edwards noted Public Works did close the road today <br /> temporarily due o water from Long Lake going over the road,which is not an unusual occurrence. <br /> Walsh noted the ouncil talked at an earlier meeting about perhaps tabling this item to give the Council <br /> an opportunity t look at the roads and to understand the budget. Walsh noted East Long Lake Road <br /> project has secti ns that you can shovel four or five feet underneath the road and that at some point the <br /> road is going to all into the lake. Walsh stated he would like to have some kind of open house to talk <br /> about what shou d be done with the road and that one option is to turn it into a trail. Walsh stated from an <br /> ecological standpoint,it is not a good idea to have a road right along the lake,and that if it is converted to <br /> a trail,vehicular,traffic will still have a cut-through that area but it will be a little bit longer. <br /> Mayor Walsh asliCed if anyone from the public would like to comment on this item. <br /> Page 7 of 15 <br />