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Vehicle Wilkins Used Cars LLC, 7955 Riverdale Drive NW, Ramsey, MN 55303 5) Approve the Following City Council and Council Committee Meeting Minutes a) Public Safety Board/Regular/February 23, 2004 b) Finance Committee/Regular/February 24, 2004 c) City Council/Work Session/February 10, 2004 d) City Council/Regular/February 24, 2004 e) City Council/Work Session/March 1, 2004 6) Approve Application from Ramsey Event Promotions, Inc. for Exemption from a Lawful Gambling License to Hold a Raffle, Tipboards and Bingo on July 4, 2004 at Diamonds Sports Bar and Grill. 7) Adopt Resolution #04-03-062 Approving Cash Disbursements Made and Authorizing Payment of Accounts Payable Invoicing Received During the Period of February 14, 2004 through February 27, 2004. 8) This item was moved to regular agenda as Case #10. 9) Adopt Resolution #04-03-063 supporting the Continuation of the Metropolitan Radio Board. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Zimmerman, Cook, Kurak, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. COUNCIL BUSINESS Case #1: Public Hearing on the 2004 Annual Street Maintenance Program Presentation City Engineer Jankowski explained this public hearing is concerning Improvement Projects #04- 01 through 04-14, which comprise the 2004 Annual Street Maintenance Program. The City has a considerable investment in the 145 miles of bituminous street for which it is responsible. It is estimated that the replacement costs of the bituminous and street base approach ten million dollars. The City has established the practice of applying timely preventative maintenance to the pavements to preserve this investment. In general, the typical bituminous street maintenance cycle consists of construction at year 0, sealcoat at year 5, sealcoat at year 12, overlay at year 19, and sealcoat at year 24. Budget constraints and pavement conditions are factors which alter the actual schedule from the typical schedule. He noted in the State of Minnesota, the average length of time before the first overlay is put on a bituminous road is 15 years, while the City of Ramsey is averaging 19 years before the first overlay. The City policy previously was to assess the total cost of the maintenance programs. Beginning in 1991, the City changed the policy and currently assesses 50 percent of the total project cost, with the City financing the remaining half. City Engineer Jankowski explained this year's program consists of 14 individual projects, covering 19.2 miles. Twelve projects involve crackfill/sealcoat projects covering 17.54 miles of roadway. Two projects involve a 1 ½ inch bituminous overlay covering 1.66 miles. The total cost of all improvements are anticipated to be $329,205, of which $20,438 will come from City Council/March 9, 2004 Page 4 of 22