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Motion carricd. Voting Yes: May)r (~amec, Councilmembers Elvig, Kurak, Cook, Strommen, and Zimmcnn[I,11. Voting No: Nom. Abstain: Councilmember Pearson. Further discussio~: Mayor (iamrc directed staff to provide the Council with information regarding Ibc policy of Cou~cilmcmbers abstaining from this type of project. City Attorney Goodrich cxphtinctl the court has s:ti(t residents sit on the City Council and if Councilmembers cannot vote tbr son~e of these things they could never be acted on. Case #10: Order Bids ~br Elm~:rest Park Improvements City Project #04-20 Assistant Public Works Director t)lson explained Elmcrest Park is located in the northeast quadrant o[' thc City. There }las been a lot of discussion regarding improvements and the availability o[' l'ttnds. The Finance l)irector has put together a list of funding sources. The costs o[' thc 2003~4 ~lmcrcst Pa~'k Pa~'kin?, Lot, the 2004 CIP Elmcrest Park Trail along TH 47, and the 2004 CIP Quicksilver Extension to i!hncrest Park comes to a total of $699,000. He reviewed the budget map of th(: proposed improvements. The proposed improvements include the main driveway across th~' park to 163''d I_a~c, the street connection to the north to Quicksilver Street, thc east parking lot and associated tiails and a trail connection through the southeast comer of the park to 1 ()0t~' l,anc. All of thc stem, sewer will be installed as part of this phase. He advised the estimated cosl Ik)r this work is; $584,~,00. This will provide 180 parking stalls. Assistant Public W~}rl<s Director Ol:;on reviewed tile moderate map of the improvements. These improvcmcnts add the southwest p~rking lot and trails to the budget proposal. The estirnated cost tb~- this xvod< is $766,700. This will provide an additional 120 parking stalls. He advised them is also an option of' completing ali of the work, which will provide 400 parking stalls. He advised stal't~ rcconmmnds solicitinl bids for the work using the moderate proposal as the base bid and thc additiol]al work bid as a~ al!ernate. Cotmcihncmbcr Kt~mk asked if the project would be paid from the Park Dedication Fund. Assistant Public \,\;orks Director Olson responded in the affirmative. He explained in most instances those l~unds arc con]lng fr,)m a combination of park dedication and trail fees that have beet] accumulated in the past. Stall st~ggests that the Oak Park District is directly to the east of this district and its ~';oul recreational facility iix the area is provided by Elm Creek Park. Councihncmbcr Cook stated he re',~lly thinks they should move on the whole project and not phase it fbr several reasons. If it is phatsed and both phases are done this year it will affect two seasons of ttsc ill thc park. In his experience when something is phased there will be a higher bid on a smaller pro jet1 than on afl ~11 p~ eject, even if there is not an increase in cost. He stated if the money is available and they know things are moving along, and the City will see other park dedication money come in this year ii-om development, they would get a bigger bang for the buck by doing thc entire 0reject and would h~: wasting money paying for an extra phase. Assistunt Pttblic W,.)rks Dircctol- els. on explained an alternate bid is being proposed. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 17 of 36