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Session 1727, IVlinutes July 13, 1998 CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS: Mr. Schoomer moved to add an item to the agenda dealing with a report from the Mayor's/School Board President's Commission. Mr. Wagner seconded the motion which carried unanimously. AGENDA #1: LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARING - 6683 DELMAR: Mr. Ollendorff said that a public hearing has been called for 7:30 p.m. this date and place to hear comments on a proposed license to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink at a new restaurant in the new building at this location. Since the restaurant operates in a number of locations across the country and is reported to have a good reputation for enforcing liquor laws and since the manager/applicant similarly has good experience, the license may be granted at this time. Mayor Adams declared the public hearing open at 7:38 p.m. Being that there were no requests to speak, Mayor Adams declared the public hearing closed at 7:38 p.m. The applicant, Jennifer Hildeberg, 6683 Delmar, responding to Mr. Lieberman, said that they do plan to sell all kinds of liquor. Mr. Wagner moved approval. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. AGENDA #2: 82"d/WALTON BRIDGE: Mr. Ollendorff said that bids came in over twice of the budget and more than double the engineer's estimate. The low bid is $547,000. By the time engineering, inspection and soil testing fees were added, the amount would be close to $600,000. The Council had agreed to spend $150,000 and the Railroad had agreed to pay $115,000. He does not see any other recourse but that all bids be rejected and that the City apply for federal funds. The bridge is eligible for federal funding. The reason that this option was not pursued earlier was because the entire process takes three years. The residents would have not been happy waiting for three years and also we thought we could afford to fix it. An application will be submitted in early 1999, with construction possibly taking place in three years, following engineering. Getting moved up on the federal list will be explored. East-West Gateway has not been encouraging, however. He believes the only action that Council can take now is to reject the bids and authorize a federal application. After extensive advertising, the bids were as follows: