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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 24, 1999 The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Morelan. Ayes (4) Scalze, Morelan, Fahey, LaValle. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. COMP PLAN The City Planner reported that he has prepared a response letter to the UPDATE Metropolitan Council's comment letter relative to the City's Comprehensive Plan update requesting clarification of some of the items they raised. The Ptanner also indicated that he is preparing a timetable for making changes to the Plan as well as for its completion. This timetable should be available within the next week or so. BIDS FOR The City En~ineer reviewed the bids received for the City's 1999 1999 improvement projects pointing out that the low bid was received from IMPROVEMENTS North Valley, Inc. North Valley is a reformatted company which is basically the northern operation of Valley Paving. The Engineer noted that this is the company that constructed a previous project within the City and noted that there were problems with that project which resulted in litigation. The Engineer reported that he talked with Brad Schmitbauer of North Valley about this previous experience and the City's expectations for performance and compliance with specifications on the 1999 projects. Brad indicated that he could do the job for the City and would not have bid the job if he thou~ht otherwise. The City Engineer felt the North Valley bids was a good one, and was not sure of the next step if the City was inclined not to accept this bid based on the past problems. The En~ineer stated that he was fairly comfortable he could get the project accomplished with North Valley. He reported that his experience has been that the company does good work, but must be watched fairly closely. The Engineer indicated that if the City wants to award the bid ofNorth Valley, he was comfortable they could monitor the project and get the project the City wants. LaValle asked if this monitoring would increase the project costs. The Engineer replied that it would not given that it is typical for his firm to have a full-time inspector on a project such as this. The Engineer reported that if the City chooses to award to North Valley, the first thing he would do would be to sit down with North Valley and put together a construction schedule. Contract documents would be held back until that schedule was finalized. LaValle asked about bonding requirements. The Engineer reported that at this point North Valley has submitted a bid bond. However, if awarded the contract, they would be required to submit a 100% performance bond.