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City Council Meeting November 13, 2000 Page 13 should be getting results from that application in January. The Public Works Department completed the year 2000 street program on November 3rd, which included hotmix overlay of 10.5 miles, chip sealing of 12 miles of street, rehabilitation of seven miles of streets, and upgrading of 2 miles of gravel streets. City Manager Malone said the city will be moving forward with the engineering on the project for sewage at the Cope Addition. He said there is right-of-way and engineering done for the extension of Hearne Street, which is an Economic Development Corporation Project. City Manager Malone reported that the city conducted testing on the soil at the back of the parking lot where the current animal shelter is located The city plans to build a new facility next to the old animal shelter, and they found that there was a lot of subsurface water that crosses from the north on Clement and comes under the proposed building location. City Manager Malone said this is the site of an old dump and the ground is also filled with glass and cans. He said they were trying to locate other property that would be more suitable. City Manager Malone said they had looked at property on west Center street, but the owner did not want to part with the land. He noted that they have other sites to look at. He said they were trying to find a site that is not going to be detrimental to a neighborhood or too close to housing and at the same time be accessible to the public. City Manager Malone said in regard to the council chambers, he has had discussion with an architect about what the expectations are; however, he has been tied up with the animal shelter project, but now is able to work on the council chambers and hoped to move forward on that and get something going on it in the spring. City Manager Malone advised the City Council that the city is presently storing a lot of equipment in the old fire station and it will have to be moved to another location. There being no further business, a motion was made by Councilman Carter, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried, 7 ayes, 0 nays. The meeting was adjourned.