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City Council :Minutes June 5, 2006 Page 4 estimate. She explained that the additional cost is attributed to the increasing costs of bituminous material and other oil-based construction items. . Ms. Thompson indicated that as discussed at the assessment hearing, the sanitary sewer does not extend all the way to the west end of Highland Road and in order to serve the most westerly portion of Highland Road, an extension would have to be made from the Cherrywood Hills Addition located west of Proctor Road. She stated that based on unit prices from Bauerly Brothers, the cost of a change order to add sanitary sewer to complete service along the entire length of Highland Road would be approximately $85,000. She noted that this would include tearing up and replacing a portion of 194th Avenue in the Cherrywood Hills Addition and boring under Proctor Road (County Road 77). Councilmember Dietz questioned if sanitary sewer is extended if the assessment roll would need to be amended to include the property owners to the most westerly portion of Highland Road. Ms. Thompson indicated that it would not as the original assessment roll was inclusive of the property owners in this area. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 06-78 ACCEPTING BID AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONTRACT IN THE MATTER OF THE HIGHLAND ROAD IMPROVEMENT OF 2006 AND FOR STAFF TO PREPARE A CHANGE ORDER TO ADD SANITARY SEWER TO COMPLETE SERVICE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD. MOTION CARRIED 4-1. Councilmember Dietz opposed. 5.6. Update on Rivers Edge Commons . Parks and Recreation Director Bill Maertz stated that because the original bids for the River's Edge Common park came in substantially over the cost estimate, staff and consultants have been looking at ways to reduce project costs while at the same time retaining the integrity of the original park concept. Mr. Maertz reviewed the revised plan with the Council. He explained that the revised plan reduces the width of the park by retaining the existing alley and the original poured concrete seating has been replaced with limestone blocks. Mr. Maertz indicated that staff would like Council feedback on the revised plan. Councilmember Motin indicated that he is not in favor of the scaled down version of the park and that he could see the alley being open causing problems when events are taking place in the park. He stated that the park's construction may have to wait until funds are available to construct it similar to the way it was originally proposed. Mr. Maertz explained that an advantage to keeping the alley open is that it would provide access to the lower portion of the park for service vehicles and in the future, the alley could be lined with pavers and landscaped to provide pedestrian access to the lower plaza. Councilmember Gumphrey concurred with Councilmember Motin. He stated that he also has concerns about the alley be retained. He also suggested that the park project may have to wait until funding is available to construct the project as originally proposed. Councilmember Dietz questioned if the alley could be landscaped and lined with pavers. Mr. Maertz indicated that can be added as an alternate to the bid. He stated that there has been some resistance from the business owners to the west to closing off the alley. He also stated .