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• • CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON MEMORANDUM Worksession Item DATE: June 5, 2009 TO: Dean Lotter, City Manager FROM: Grant Wyffels, Public Works Director Grant Fernelius, Community Development Director SUBJECT: June 9th Work Session -- Northwest Quadrant Update Next Tuesday staff plans to provide an update to the City Council on the status of the Northwest Quadrant project. Particular emphasis will be placed on the east side dump closure. In addition, staff will be seeking direction from the City Council on three other project related issues; namely: 1) potential relocation of a Qwest fiber optic cable; 2) clean-up activities on the western segment of the Butcher's Spur; and 3) clean-up activities on the former Ferrellgas site. The following memo summarizes each of these issues. East Side Dump Closure The East Side Dump Closure is moving along nicely. The contractor will have all of the liner installed by the end of next week. The remaining work involves importing granular soils to place over the liner to build a 4 -foot clean cover, installing final utilities in the roadway corridor, and creating the central park pond. It appears that we will meet the October 1, 2009 project completion deadline. On a positive note, all of the major dump excavation has been completed and we were able to consolidate the material on-site avoiding costly off-site removal charges. To date we have less than $70,000 of change orders on a $5,150,000 project which is less than 2 percent of the project total. Staff will present an update of the project at the work session and be available to answer any questions. Qwest Fiber Optic Relocation As part of the re -alignment of 14th Street NW, Qwest notified the City that it has several buried cables located within the old right-of-way. The attached map shows the location M of these utilities. Qwest has indicated that if the cables must be moved, the City will need to cover the cost, which is estimated at $60,573. A copy of their estimate is also