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City Council Minutes January 23, 1984 Page Two 1 exceed $10,800. The City Administrator further indicated that it was the best estimate available to the City at this time, as the exact amount of class five is unknown. The City Administrator indicated that if the cost would exceed $10,800 City Council could consider having the City Street Department construct the road as the City Street Superintendent does believe the City department could stay within the $10,800 estimate. the Discussion was carried on regarding placing a ceiling on the cost of the project. It was the consensus that should the costs exceed $10,800 at the time of construction, the City Street Department would do at least part of the work. COUNCILMEMBER DUITSMAN MOVED TO ORDER THE 211TH AVENUE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WITH 100 PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AGREEMENT AND THE CITY STREET DEPARTMENT'S SUPERVISION TO CONTROL THE COST OF THE PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-1. COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL OPPOSED. Mr. Ray Jedneak requested that the City notify him in advance of the time of the construction of the project. Mr. Jedneak further indicated that he would help with the trucking if his equipment was available at the time of the construction. 5. Issuance of Gambling License for Raffle by the Elk River Youth Hockey Association COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT MOVED TO APPROVE A RAFFLE LICENSE FOR THE ELK RIVER YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION. COUNCILMEMBERGUNKEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. 6. Main Street Update Councilmember Gunkel questioned the projected schedule for the Main Street improve- ment project and the Highway #169 signals. Councilmember Gunkel indicated that according to the feasibility report, January 6th was scheduled for the advertise- ment for bids. The City Administrator indicated that Main Street plans and the signal light plans have been approved by the State of Minnesota and the engineers are close to pre- paring plans and specifications for the project. The City Administrator indicated Consulting Engineers Diversified is in the process of assigning an engineer to the City of Elk River. Discussion was carried on regarding the involvement of the City Council in the interviewing of the engineer assigned to the City of Elk River by Consulting Engineers Diversified. It was the general consensus of the City Council to have the engineer attend a City Council meeting to meet with City Councilmembers. 7. Downtown Project Mayor Hinkle indicated that Kraus Anderson has been meeting with property owners /in the proposed downtown development area, discussing the proposed project