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maybe not as much as RYAA is hoping for, but.some. In 1996, the City may be able to budget for an additional full-time parks person; however the plan for 1995 is to contract out some of~ the turf maintenance during the April/May time period. With regard to lines of communicatidn, ia good way to initiate that process is to form a committee consisting of some members of the Council and Staff to meet with RYAA. Mayor Gilbertson offered to walk around the parks with representatives of RYAA to discuss what has to be done. : Councilmember Beyer suggested starting out with a table discussion. Mr. Baack stated that the first issue is the children's safety. Councilmember Beyer stated she is appalled at heating of all these issues that have not been taken care of and questioned how the City's Insurance Agent of Record would feel about these safety hazards. Ms. Swanson stated that these issues have been previoUsly brOught to the City's attention. Councilmember Hardin stated he wished to applaud RYAA for coming forward with their concerns. He added this is not the first time City Council has heard these concerns. He stated he, himself, recently brought up the poor park conditions, The parking situation was talked about at a Council meeting and was not taken seriously by some of .the Councilmembers. There have been communications with Staff about it; however, he felt it was not Staffs fault. Not enough money or time has been allocated to Central Park. He again expressed concern about the huge mounds of dirt on the property and the sprinkler system. He added that the condition of Central Park is unfortunate and that this Council should be embarrassed about it. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Mayor Gilbertson that a committee consisting of Mayor Gilbertson and Councilmembers Beyer and Hardin, along with Staff, should set up a meeting with RYAA to better address these concerns. This committee should then come back to Council with a recommendation. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gilbertson, Councilmembers Peterson, Beyer, Hardin and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #$: Award Contract for the Construction of Ramsey/Anoka Water System Interconnect City Engineer Jankowski stated that in order to insure an adequate supply of water for the growing water utility, it has been proposed that the City of Ramsey construct an interconnect with the City of Anoka system which would be able to provide water to meet the peak day demand and also would service to backfeed Ramsey's water system in the case of an emergency interruption of the water source from a watermain break or incapacities of one or both of the municipal wells. He explained that the plans and specifications for this interconnect have been prepared and bids were ordered by the City Council on May 24, i994. The bids received were from W.B. Miller, Inc., Ramsey, (39,514) and Penn Contracting, Centerville ($54,536). Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to adopt ResolutiOn g94-06-135 awarding the contract for Improvement Project g94-17 to W.B. Miller, Inc. (Contingent upon the City of Anoka authorizing the sale.) City Council/June 28, 1994 Page 8 of 10'