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City Council Meeting Minutes March 5, 2018 Page 4of8 goal to work with Xcel to transition our utilities to more alternative energy Members supported this addition • She noted the City is restarting its scrap metal recycling and the yard clippings drop off site and she would like these added to the list. Councilmember Maloney stated he would like more consistency where we use "consider" and "require." He supports consider in most places. Mayor Muckle moved to approve the two-year work plan as amended. Councilmember Maloney seconded Voice vote all in favor DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — COYOTE RUN UPDATE AND PROPOSAL Mayor Pro Tem Lipton recused himself from this item as he owns property adjacent to the area under discussion. Director Joe Stevens reviewed the history of this issue and stated the most recent step has been for staff to solicit proposals to complete some of the work identified in the first report. Staff brought on Terracon Consultants, Inc to do additional monitoring of the site. With Council's approval of the contract with Terracon Consultants, Inc., testing will continue at the site and determine more decisively what is happening at the site. Matt Fielding, Terracon Consultants, stated the slide area has gotten progressively larger over the years. He stated things are moving underneath and if the right fix is not identified it can continue to get worse. The monitoring would tell us at what depth the problems are initiating which is critical. They are seeing movement on the site at the new monitoring locations. The next steps are to determine where it is moving and at what depth and using that data to do slope stability analyses. Councilmember Loo asked how long they plan to monitor. Fielding stated they plan to monitor until December but it may not take that long to get the information they need to make a recommendation Councilmember Loo asked if the previous recommendation for changing the drainage is still on the table. Fielding stated the previous report assumed a failure surface of 10-15 feet deep and without identifying the exact depth of the problem we will not know exactly what will work to solve the problem. Councilmember Loo asked if this monitoring will really give us a good answer. Fielding stated these inclinometers are in set 30 feet into the bedrock and will identify the correct depth Councilmember Loo asked if the City is planning to survey the site as noted in the previous report. Fielding stated the slope stability analysis cannot be accurate without the survey and staff has already provided survey information.