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� `.. City Council Minutes February 1, 2011 Page 6 of 8 ----------------------------- MEMBER AKERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 5- 0. COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN MOVED TO NOT PROCEED WITH THE WILDLIFE TRAIL PROJECT. COUNCIL MEMBER AKERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 11.2. Government Drive Discussion Tim Houle presented a proposal for engineering services for the public inpuUpreliminary layout phase of the proposed Government Drive project. COUNCIL MEMBER MALECHA MOVED TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH WSN FOR GOVERNMENT DRIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD SECONDED THE MOTION. Tim Houle explained what the proposal included. He also stated that a very rough estimate of the entire project is in the 1.5 million dollar range. Mike Loven suggested that the costs of the design phase be allocated to each specific department. Council Member Ryan stated that he has a problem with the process in that the City has not formulated a decision to get to this point of the project. He suggested that the Council hold a work session to decide the scope of the project which would save money on the public process. He further suggested that City staff could do some of the items listed in the engineering proposal in order to save money. Mayor Adams indicated that she does not want to forego the public process. Council Member Sjoblad stated that it may be better to be farther along in the design phase before going to the public. Council Member Ryan questioned if the downtown plan is approved or not approved and whether or not it is part of the Government Drive plan. He suggested that he would prefer to fix other existing problems with the money rather than do this large project. ROLL CALL VOTE — COUNCIL MEMBER AKERSON — NAY; COUNCIL MEMBER MALECHA — AYE; COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN — NAY; COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD — AYE; MAYOR ADAMS — AYE. MOTION CARRIED 3-2. � 12. Clerk's Report