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City Attorney.Haynes briefed the Council on the.:request;_;of Lomo.Alto Corp. to sublease the Cox Field Airport property to Bud Nowell.an`d, "recommended that Lhe Council approve the sublease. Motion was made by Councilman Wunsch, seconded by Councilman Farris to approve the sublease. .:Motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Malone stated that the Council would now hear a engineerinq report on short range capital improvements for the City water system and a'report on water treatment plant flooding two weeks ago. City Manager Sokoll introduced Mr. Car Shimek, who presented the report and his recommendation that an additional pump be installed at the water treatment plant to increase the pumping capacity into the system by approximately.2 to 3 million gallons per day. He said that it would be desirable to install an additional pump to be used as a back -up. Mr. Shimek reviewed a written report he had submitted to the City concerning the flooding that had occurred in the water treatment plant a few weeks back. He sited three possibilities that could have occurred to cause the flooding. After receiving Mr. Shimek's recommendations and following discussion by the Council, Councilman Farris made a motion to authorize specifications and advertising forbids on pumps, motors, switching gear and valves with alternate bids for one or two b' pumps so that we can look at the cost effectiveness of ordering two and that engineer- ing and plans be authorized for the installation of the pumps and that engineering and preliminary plans for the design of the recommended clearwell_.also be authorized. Councilman Fisher seconded the motion which carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. City Manager Sokoll submitted a report concerning the demolition of old abandoned water treatment plant facilities and requested the Council's authorization to advertise for bids to demolish them. Councilman Williams made a motion to authorize the receiving of bids for demolition of the surplus structures. Councilman Fisher seconded the motion which carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Malone announced the next item was to consider authorizing bids for mainten- ance contract for water system controls. Mr. David White a representative of the Honeywell Corp. reviewed existing controls and stated they needed to be updated. He also outlined a service proposal for monthly maintenance of the system. City Manager Sokoll recommended that seperate bids be taken for the repair or replacement of the system and one for maintenance of the system. A motion was made by Councilman Williams, seconded by Councilman Burnett to authorize bids for the control system. Bid to be in two parts, one for