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City Council Minutes January 7, 2019 Page5of11 ----------------------------- obtain their permission to acquire the right of way. He said that some property owners donate the right of way but some do ask for some kind of compensation. He reminded the Council that these services are not included in the current contract but if they were to add them it would be about $5,500 which would need to be approved with an amendment to the contract. Mr. Houle stated that there were concerns on fitting both 90 degree parking on the east and parallel parking (at least in the northern half ne�to the Legion) on the west of South Washington Street. He said they have eliminated the proposed parallel parking on the west and have laid out 90 degree parking stalls on the east. He stated �hat they are requesting Council consensus on this. Nancy Malecha stated that the Legion was contacted and did not express and concerns with this. Mr. Houle stated that adding Butler Street is for the best interests over the long haul but it would increase WSN's design costs by�couple thousand and the construction costs could increase an estimated $65,Ot�0. He did state that he hopes to offset that a little bit and will talk about that later. Discussion ensued about curb and gutter, storm drainage and parking. He stated that they really tooked hard at trying to put out a schedule and to have the contractor get done by July 4'h but they don't think it's plausible after talking to a couple of contractors. He said they are going to set up the contract to give them though the surnmer but once they get started then there will be some requirements. He stated one requirement would be that the contractor has to complete a phase before they can move on to the next. He also stated that there will be requirements for providing contractors some level of access to homes and businesses. Mr. Houle stated that they are going to have the contractor install the swing-away type mailboxes. Mr. Houle informed the Council that they were looking at using a North basin and a South basin for the storm water with the North basin located down the hill from the water treatment plant since there is already a low area there. He stated that when#hey started to get into that detailed design they had talked to a couple of property owners that have land to the East of Rasmussen along the power line easement and they pointed out that there is a pretty hefty natural hole in that power line easement. He said after they looked at the design again they believe they can take all of the storm drainage to that basin and not have to modify the low area by the water treatment plant. Mr. Houle stated that this could save about $50,000 on the project and that is why he said earlier on with the Butler Street there could be some cost savings. Discussion ensued on storm sewer drainage and trying to minimize damage to pavement by making improvements to Butler Street now. Discussion also ensued about the swing post mailboxes.