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Submitted by Bolton & Menk, Inc. Little Canada Road Improvements | City of Little Canada 9 appraiser provides a professional opinion regarding the financial worth of the property being acquired. The appraisals are then reviewed by a third-party appraiser reviewer, Kelly Lindstrom. Legal services are not included in this proposal and should be contracted separately between the City and City Attorney. We will ensure that all easements are recorded with the County prior to recommending final payments. Task 12 – Project Funding Pursuits Bolton and Menk’s funding team will continue to support the City and County to secure funding for this project. To date, approximately $7M has been secured and will fund a majority if not all of the planned improvements. Approximately $3.5M in indirect costs are not currently funded by outside grants and would be split by the City and County in accordance with the County’s cost participation policy. The project team intends to make the following funding pursuits in order fund the remaining project costs. • Congressionally Directed Funding Requests (federal earmarks) • Minnesota 2025 Legislative Sessions Request (Bonding Bill) • MnDOT Local Partnership Program (LPP) The City has other ongoing efforts to seek funding for a possible grade-separated pedestrian crossing of Interstate 35E. Funding pursuits specific to this effort will be handled in separate contracts in order to maintain clear and concise boundaries between the City and County and their associated cost participation on this project. Task 13 – Bidding Services Upon completion of final design, Bolton & Menk will facilitate public bidding of the project. This includes legal bidding notifications, hosting the project on QuestCDN, managing all questions that arise from bidders, and issuing addenda or plan changes when necessary. The culmination of this process will include the virtual bid opening, analysis of bids, and an award recommendation letter. Task 14 – Design & Delivery Contingency As noted previously in the proposal, certain scope-related elements of the project are not fully known at this time. This task allows for a modest buffer to the overall project budget so that new scope elements can be absorbed without delaying the project. This task would only be utilized with consent from both the City and County’s project staff assigned to the project (City’s Public Works Director and County’s Deputy Director of Public Works).