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City Council Meeting Minutes May 6, 2008 Page 3 of 17 The Louisville Golf Course pond reconstruction project has been suspended due to the contractor's conclusion that significantly more materials need to be excavated than appeared in the bidding documents. They intend to file a change order. The City consulting enc~ineers confirmed the bidding documents were accurate. The City Staff is meeting this week with the contractor to discussed these issues and work out a solution to ensure the project is completed on schedule. The 2008 Street Reconstruction and Repair Program analysis has determined 30% of the City streets are in poor condition. The chip seal method will be tried on many of the streets as a cost effective measure. The schedule of streets repairs will be posted on the City's Web Site. ConocoPhillips contacted Cite Manager Fleming to update the City on their progress. The project is still in a conceptual mode and the company is interviewing but has not yet rE~tained an architectural firm to assist with the project. They plan to deconstruct the existing buildings starting as early as October of this year. Councilor Muckle asked if the: City inspects the sewer system. Public Works Director Phare confirmed the City has a maintenance schedule to inspect the sewers and expressed concern that identifying all potential trouble spots in the system is challenging. (REGULAR BUSINESS PRESENTATION -COLORADO WIRELESS COMMUNITIES UPDATE Information Technology (IT) Systems Administrator Chris Browning updated Council on the status of the Colorado Wireless Communities (CWC) project. He outlined the history of the project beginning two years ago when the City joined with nine other municipalities in a consortium to provide a regional wireless broadband network. The formation of the consortium minimizes the financial risk to communities. The model for the regional network was based on a privately built, owned and operated network supported by user subscription. In 2007 an RFP was released and 20 firms were interviewed. The successful bidder, C- Com was to obtain the necessary funding to deploy the network. C-Com was not able to obtain funding by the expiration date of the contract. The CWC Board agreed to a three-to-six month re-evaluation period. During this time period CWC will focus on goals and approaches for a continued multi-jurisdictional approach to catalyzing wireless broadband services in the region. CWC is still supportive of C-Com but is e:~ploring many possible options.