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I I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # /~) REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Public Works Committee met on October 19, 1999, and discUssed the following cases: t~,~j~ ,L~i L~ The Case #1: Update on T.H. #47 STP Project. A financial analysis was prepared by the Finance Officer showing the current anticipated project cost for the T.H. #47 project and related projects. The related projects include Sunwood Drive, City watermain looping, and City sanitary sewer extensions. The Sunwood Drive project will be funded through City MSA funds, and the water and sewer extensions will be funded through the respective City utility funds. No Federal grant money will be allocated to any of these related projects. The Finance Officer report also presented the expenditures to date for this project, and a detailed breakdown of these expenditures. The presented budget is based upon the assumption that the City will receive Federal funds that will cover 80% of all construction costs. This scenario requires that the project be approved by MnDOT for bidding prior to December 31, 1999, and bid prior to March 31, 1999. The plans have been forwarded from the district office of MnDOT to their central office. MnDOT, and our consultant have advised staff that additional Federal funding for this project is likely. However, failure to meet these deadlines would require the the loss of anticip,at~.d~l Federal grant City to spend an additional $383,300 to cover dollars. No action is required. Case #2: Update of River Pines Grading Issues Two separate grading issues were reviewed with the Committee, The first concerned the status of an ongoing issue related to the construction of a home on Lot~.hy Orrin Thompson, which was two feet lower than the approved grading plan. An alternative grading plan was presented by Orrin Thompson on October 7, 1999. The plan was reviewed by both staff and an independent consultant and found to be both deficient and incomplete. The Committee reviewed a draft response, which has. been revised and attached to this case for review and concurrence. Specifically, the Committee asked that (1) Orrin Thompson be requested to resubmit correcting the deficiencies and omission; (2) That this information be reviewed by an independent engineer, Hakanson Anderson Associates; and (b) That no building permits be allowed until a revised plan has been approved and an escrow has been deposited with the City in the amount of 150% of the estimated construction cost of the remedial work. G,quserslJIVtielingl~lOICOUNCIL& lCITYCOUNII 99910ct oberlRepP~doc ]0/21/99