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<br />to do business and move within 90 days. Councilmember Dehen stated he did not agree with <br />being able to continue the business for 90 days and felt they should have to follow the rules. <br />Councilmember Elvig stated he was interested in giving latitude due to the economic times. <br /> <br />Amended motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Look, McGlone, <br />Elvig, Jeffrey, and Wise. Voting No:" Councilmember Dehen. <br /> <br />Case #3: <br /> <br />Consider Award of Contract for City Project #08-32, Andrie Street & 164th <br />Lane Street Improvements <br /> <br />City Engineer Himmer reviewed the staff report. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey noted it was very clear in the City's comp plan that sidewalks were appropriate. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Olson stated the past practice had been that trails are located on both sides <br />of State and County roads; however, they are recommending a sidewalk on one side instead of <br />both sides because this is a residential area. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated this issue came up originally with the previous Council and it -was <br />brought to the Public Works Committee who thought it wduld be. appropriate to install sidewalks <br />when upgrades were made to the roads. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated some of the citizens in the area had asked the City to build a better <br />road and so Public Works had looked at developing new standards for the outlying areas. He <br />stated this project fell intothis category arid qualified as a State Aid Road. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey asked what the traffic counts were on the road. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Olson responded he would get that information for Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone asked how the contact was estimated. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Olson explained the estimate process and believed the bids received were <br />good bids. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated, using the lowest numbers possible, this project still came in <br />considerably cheaper than estimated. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated he had given substantial thought to this matter because this decision <br />would impact the area up to 20 years or longer. He stated 20 years from now development <br />would occur aroUIl,d this property and the Council was trying to position decisions that would be <br />niost beneficial 20 years from now. He stated he had heard a lot of concern about maintenance <br />and had questions about ownership. He noted this was City owned right-of-way and he hoped <br />this discussion was civil because a lot of emotions had been expressed. <br /> <br />City Council / September 8, 2009 <br />Page 8 of 23 <br /> <br />44 <br />