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COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 9,1995 ENGINEER'S REPORT, DAVID AHRENS Consideration of Resolution No. 95 -126 Rejecting Bids and Authorize the City Engineer to Advertise for Bids, Trapper's Crossing Improvement - Mr. Heth explained that bids were received on September 22, 1995 for the Trapper's Crossing improvement. The bids were 18% higher than the engineer's estimate. According to Chapter 8, Subdivision 3 of the Lino Lakes City Charter, a bid cannot be awarded if the bid is more that 10% over the engineer's estimate, therefore, Mr. Heth recommended that all bids be rejected and that he be authorized to re -advertise for bids. Mr. Heth said that he expected to rebid the project in December and work would begin in the spring. Mr. Ahrens explained that he and Mr. Heth will review the plans for the project to see if there are ways to be more cost effective. He plans to have a request to advertise for bids to the City Council at their last meeting in December. Mr. Ahrens will keep the City Council updated on this matter. Council Member Elliott moved to adopt Resolution No. 95 - 126. Council Member Kuether seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 95 - 126 can be found at the end of these minutes. Consideration of Resolution No. 95 -133 Accepting Bid for Bituminous Trail Paving - Mr. Ahrens explained that bituminous paving of park trails is typically done under the same contract as the annual wearing course project. The bituminous wear course for subdivisions is placed after 80% of the available lots within the subdivision have houses constructed on them. This year there was not enough subdivisions reaching this threshold to justify a separate wear course project. Therefore, if trail paving was to be done this year, it would have to completed under its own separate contract. After receiving direction from the Lino Lakes Park Board late this summer, a bituminous trail paving project was initiated. A total of four (4) quotes were received for completion of this project with the lowest from Ashbach Construction Company in St. Paul with a unit price of $0.77/square foot. After prioritizing the trail segments available for paving and reviewing available Park funds, the final contract amount was set at $45,060.40 using the Ashbach unit price. Mr. Ahrens recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 95 -133 accepting the quote from Ashbach Construction Company. Mr. Sullivan asked if quotes had been solicited or had bids been taken. Mr. Ahrens explained that initially quotes were solicited from contractors currently working in the City. In this case the trail paving would be done by change order. The City also advertised for bids and received one bid and that was from Ashbach Construction Company. PAGE 5