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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO_...5057 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAJ\lISEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE lVIOUNDS VIEW CITY <br />ATTORNEY TO COMMENCE LEGAL ACTIONS ON BEHALF <br />OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW AGAINST NECESSARY <br />PARTIES TO RECOVER LOSSES INCCRRED AND AVOID <br />FUTURE LIABILITY AND DAMAGES RESULTING FROI\'I <br />CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION A.l~D DESIGN DEFECTS CAUSED <br />BY CONTRACTORS AND ARCHITECTS AT THE BRIDGES <br />GOLF COURSE IN MOUNDS VIEW <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View (City) contracted with Williams, Gill & Associates <br />(WGA) as architects for the Bridges Golf Course (Golf course) to design the Golf Course and <br />prepare bid specifications for contractors bidding on the construction of the Golf Course~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City entered into a contract with Veit & Company, Inc_ (Veit) as low bidder <br />to construct the Golf Course as general contractor supervising numerous subcontractors in the <br />construction project~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the contract between the City and Veit was covered by <br />Surety Bond MNC 2348 issued by Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual) of Des Moines, IA <br />(Merchants) in the amount of $1 ,031 ,0 I O~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City separately contracted with Ebert Construction Company, Inc_ (Eben) <br />to construct the Golf Course Clubhouse (Clubhouse) under the direction of Runyon-Vogel, Inc_ <br />Architects who designed the Clubhouse; a.nd <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the contract between the City and Ebert regarding the <br />Clubhouse was covered by Surety Bond MNC 2376 in the amount of $159,900 also issued by <br />Merchants~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, City statf have discovered since construction of the Golf Course and Clubhouse <br />a number of defects in the design and construction of the Golf Course and Clubhouse which have <br />resulted in losses for damage claims paid by the City and the City's insurance carrier, the League of <br />Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, and additional costs incurred by the City in making partial <br />corrections to these design and construction defects resulting from additional material costs, <br />additional labor costs and lost revenue from lost golf rounds during the time the golf course was <br />closed for unexpected daytime watering~ and <br /> <br />\VHEREAS, the City will need to make additional expenditures to correct these defects and <br />to avoid future liability and damage daims~ and <br />