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2. Parks Department - Tandy Turn Park concrete work (opened May 9, 1975) Wildish Construction Company Concrete Unlimited, Inc. Devereaux & Pratt K. A. Wardell $ 10,200.00 8,888.00 No bid 7,462.00 Office Estimate 7,557.00 Staff recommended award on the low bid price. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Keller to award contract to K. A. Wardell on the low bid price of $7,462.00. Rollcall vote. Motion carried, all council members present voting aye. II - Request for reconsideration of limitation on construction hours Code Amendment, Restriction on Construction Hours - Councilman Hamel said he had voted wrong on this issue at the April 28 Council meeting and asked to change his vote. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Hamel to reconsider the issue of changing hours during which construction would be allowed. 'Councilman Williams noted the tie vote in committee on this issue which resulted in the Mayor's voting to let the code stand as written. Mr. Williams felt that letting the April 28 council action stand (preparation of ordinance changing hours of construction) would result in staff work for no purpose because an ordinance probably.would fail to be adopted on the same tie vote. Councilman Murray commented on the number of people in the community who were concerned about this issue, in fac~some had sat through public hearings on other matters in order to voice thier opinions, he said. To reconsider the issue would make it moot and their involvrnent would go for nothing. Mayor Anderson thought there were two things involved, the request to reconsider and the segregation of decision making from public hearing. Councilwoman Beal felt the West Uni- versity Neighbors would not understand the lack of response from the Council in view of their having waited through both a committee and Council meeting for consideration of their request. Councilman Hamel said his vote at the April 28 Council was in error, that it was counter to that cast in committee. He said that perhaps other parts of town besides the West University area also should be considered. Councilman Williams thought it.important to note too that the vote at the April 28 Council meeting was not on an ordinance or change of policy, that it merely asked the staff to draft an ordinance that probably would not pass. Councilman Murray was un- comfortable with the probability of reconsidering any issue in a similar situation. Vote was taken on the motion to reconsider. Motion carried, all council members present voting aye, except Councilman Murray voting no. . . Comm 4/30/75 Approve Copies of letter from West University Neighbors was distributed to Council members expressing concern over previous Council action that would permit construction hours ~_= to stand as now in the code. ,., Mr. Hamel moved second by Mr. Keller to reconsider previous Council action of April 28. 5/12/75 - 6 2.91