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City Council Meeting Minutes February 20, 2018 Page 12 of 16 Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated residents are happy with all of the progress on the roads. He asked about the totals, in order to meet the current goals we need $235K more, then need roughly half million to do the other things listed. He asked how much was going to be a continuing cost. Director Kowar stated it isn't continuing costs, but it is moving items around based on current conditions. This should cause a reduction in out year costs as streets are being completed earlier. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated it is important to know this may bring savings in out years Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if traffic calming will take care of problems or is this something we will have to continue to pay for each year. Director Kowar stated this addresses most of the major spots including school zones and trail crossings, but we can't know what hot spots might be of concern later. Director Kowar noted there will be grant revenue from Boulder County coming in that was not included in the budget so there is extra money not accounted for. He added staff is good at managing contingency funds and using it for some of these alternatives. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated as much as street maintenance is important to the community it is not the only important thing There is a need to know what the impacts will be on the budget moving forward. Councilmember Maloney agreed people are really happy with the work on the streets and Council is looking to continue this work. He stated he is thrilled to talk about and fund traffic calming options Councilmember Maloney asked how we can spend CIP funds for these additional projects, aren't those funds already allocated. City Manager Balser stated projections show $1.7M left in the CIP fund at the end of the year and there is an additional $1 M anticipated in other revenue that will free up other funds. Councilmember Keany asked if it would be easier to combine two of these contracts with one contractor. Director Kowar stated staff is comfortable with using two vendors and it follows our bid process. In addition, we get a better schedule in the end. Councilmember Loo stated residents will observe the new changes and when residents see what we are doing for traffic calming in one part of town they will ask for the same in other parts of town; so the out year budget probably won't go down. Mayor Muckle agreed people will want the traffic calming in other parts of town. Mayor Muckle asked if the three contracts covered all the projects listed Kowar noted the contract with APC covers chip seal, double hot chip seal and slurry seal, Asphalt Specialities is for all reconstructions, Noraa contract covers concrete and medians. The contingency would cover the items not addressed in the contracts initially.