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Council eyes changes in competitive bidding limits
Porter Avenue progress report also on agenda
Changes in the valuation limits for review of contracts by the Norman City Council and for competitive bidding of City purchases will be considered in Tuesday's council meeting, set for 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building Council Chambers, 201 W. Gray St.
Also on the agenda is a progress report on the Porter Avenue Corridor Study.
The council will consider resolutions declaring a recoupment project for costs associated with improvements to Rock Creek Road between 24th and 36th avenues NW; and appropriating $15,000 for acquiring right-of-way for the Rock Creek Road overpass project.
Among the items on the consent docket for Tuesday's meeting are:
· First reading by title of ordinances adding a parcel of land to the Park Hill Planned Unit Development at 12th Avenue NE and Tecumseh Road, including a change in zoning from local commercial district to PUD; and amending the city code to reduce the amount of the maintenance and replacement guarantee for required landscaping;
· Bids for the East Rock Creek Road water line relocation and for the purchase of road materials;
· Acceptance of easements in connection with the Robinson Street grade separation project;
· Acceptance of $112,189.61 in reimbursement from the Office of Emergency Management for damage from last winter's ice storms;
· A grant of up to $150,000 from the state Office of Homeland Security to establish a temporary (two year) intelligence analyst position for the Norman Police Department;
· A $25,000 grant from the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustments for assessment of the facilities at the Joe A. Smalley U.S. Army Reserve Center at 1507 W. Lindsey St.;
· Limited licenses for placement in public rights-of-way of 44 signs for ABLE of Norman's annual Easter lily sale and three banners for the Firehouse Arts Center's Chocolate Festival;
· A $26,086.87 increase in the City's contract with Beck Disaster Recovery Inc. for additional disaster management and recovery services;
· Two amendments in the contract with HNTB Corporation in the amounts of $106,000 and $11,700 for additional engineering design work in connection with the Robinson Street grade separation project;
· A contract with Clearwater Environmental Services Inc. for investigation of an underground storage tank site at 121 S. Peters Ave.;
· A resolution celebrating and honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and
· Proclamations declaring January as National Mentoring Month and 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy in the City of Norman.
The meeting will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. conference session to discuss a Briggs Street water/sewer solution and an ordinance regarding littering around dumpsters.
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