Minutes - Public Works Committee - 04/20/2004

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can minimize the traffic by keeping more of the large fields there and the young kids at Central Park as much as possible. His concern is with the traffic when they are trying to complete construction at the same time. He questioned if that would be a potential liability for the City. He noted the games are in the evening and construction is usually shut off at 5 :00 or so. As far as the phasing, they have to do what they have to do, and if the money is not there they have to figure something else out. , Councilmember Elvig stated he agrees the City has to live within their means now. There will be a lot of growth to put towards this eventually. It should be looked at where money can be saved with different layering and capacity. Civil Engineer II Linton indicated a 7 ton road was changed to a 5 ton road in one place, which saved a couple of inches of asphalt and a couple of inches of sand. That is reflected in these costs. Councilmember Cook noted larger equipment will be needed from time to time to maintain the park. It never pays to make a road too light, as it will be broken up. He appreciates the fact that staff has cut back where they can, but he thinks they should start looking at more creative financing. Anytime something is phased it will cost more to get it done. Secondly, if the second phase will need to happen next year, that is not a lot of time to come up with the money. He suggested they look at ways to creatively come up with the money and complete the project at one time, as it will likely cost 30% more to do it twice. Mr. Casey suggested the bituminous driveway be completed up to 1 67th Avenue and the northeast parking lot .be done in bituminous, with the rest of the parking areas excavated and left as Class 5. This would save money on bituminous and curbs. Civil Engineer II Linton indicated that would be an option. He suggested they consider doing all the grading at one time. There is a sand pocket in the northeast corner and they would not have to truck in as much sand, which could be additional savings. Councilmember Elvig suggested staff look at some of the different options that have been discussed and report back to the committee. Councilmember Cook requested staff to analyze the finances to determine if there would be funds available to complete the whole project. Chairperson Zimmerman reviewed the following direction of the committee: . Rough grading to be completed Parking stalls to be Class 5 East side bituminous Determine what the trails look like in reality, as opposed to being completely built up and the potential staging of the trail . . . Public Works Committee/April 20, 2004 Page 13 of 16