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City Council Minutes January 19, 1999 Page 4 e 4.4. Consider Pay Eauity Compliance Report City Administrator Pat Klaers informed the council that every three years, each local government jurisdiction is required to report its employee and pay data to the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations in order to determine its compliance with the 1984 Local Government Pay Equity Act. Pat stated that based on the current status, the city would again be in compliance. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO APPROVE THE PAY EQUITY COMPLIANCE REPORT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 4.5. Consider School Street Feasibility Study and Resolution Orderina the Improvement Proiect Public Hearino Andy Brotzler, Howard R. Green Company, presented information regarding the School Street feasibility study and improvement project of 1999. Andy indicated that the proposed improvement consists of the completion of the widening of School Street to a four-lane facility from its current location just west of Jackson Avenue to Proctor Avenue. He added that it also includes construction of a sidewalk along the south side of the road between Proctor A venue and Jackson Avenue. e Andy stated that the feasibility study proposes the assessment of the sidewalk along the south side of School Street to those abutting properties on a front foot basis. The recommended assessment rate is $12.00 per front foot. He indicated that the feasibility study goes on to take the remaining project cost and assess half of it to the School District and proposes funding the other half with Municipal State Aid Construction Funds. He stated that the rationale used in determining the assessment method was the increased traffic generated by the School District, and increased accidents during the school day. Andy further stated that the feasibility study does include traffic counts along this portion of School Street taken both in early August and late September, and that there is information available (provided by the Police Chief) regarding accident counts. The Howard R. Green Company recommended that the public hearing on the project be held February 22. Council member Motin questioned if the city would be locking into an exact funding plan by approving the resolution and feasibility study. City Attorney Peter Beck indicated that the council has the right to change the funding plan at any time up until the assessment hearing, and therefore would not be locking into any proposal at this time. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 99-6 TO RECEIVE THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND ORDER A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE SCHOOL STREET IMPROVEMENT OF 1999. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. e