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City Council Minutes June 3, 2014 Page 5 of 9 rapid infiltration basins. To get you in a ballpark, we are looking at the $2 million range. We just received costs yesterday for the spray irrigation option. When considering the spray irrigation equipment, piping, land items, etc. it will be over $1 million. While the initial costs are less expensive than the Rapid Infiltration Basin costs, we still have to consider the operational and land use issues with spray irrigation — and it is harder to put dollars to these factors. • North Washington Avenue We will work with the City on getting some rebates from MN Power for using LED street lights and less power. • Turn backs The big picture proposed approach is that the County will not construct improvements to the turned back roadways prior to turn back but will instead send the City a check for the turn backs. The City will then use those monies the way they want to for improvements to the turned back roadways. We have also learned that the County - and somewhat MnDOT - are not going to respond to our initial negotiation spreadsheet with yes's and no's — like I thought they would. They are jumping to the next step and are actually calculating estimated quantities, estimated unit prices, and total estimated costs for various roadway segments before they send a response back. They want the City to do these kinds of more detailed calculations at this point for CR 112 and CSAH 11. To estimate the quantities and unit prices and to get estimated costs will cost about $10,000. We have told the County that the Council has authorized us to answer questions to keep the process moving, but this step —while anticipated at some point - is a bit sooner than expected. Mayor Adams questioned whether the County would pay Tim Houle for doing the required calculations. Tim Houle noted that the County would probably not pay for his work. Mayor Adams stated that the money the City receives will be 2014 dollars and the projects will be done much later. She noted that she wants to see any Turn back money go into a special account for roads and streets. Tim Houle suggested adding in inflation factors. Council Member Gardner questioned the cost for Tim to complete the calculation. Tim Houle noted that they would be billing on an hourly basis.