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Item No: 7F <br />Meeting Date: November 14, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Brian Erickson, Public Works Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8654, Accept Improvements and Approve Final Payment for 2014 Street <br />and Utility Improvement Project – Area G <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The City Council is asked to approve the attached resolution accepting the improvements and authorizing final <br />payment for the 2014 Street and Utility Improvement Project – Area G (City Project No. 2013-002). <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />The City of Mounds View is in the process of reconstructing 26 miles of City-owned streets and associated <br />underground utilities as part of the Streets and Utility Improvement Program (Program). The Program includes <br />design standards, a financing plan, a prioritization/implementation (staging) plan, and a communication plan for <br />implementing reconstruction over a 9-year period (2009 – 2018) with an estimated program cost of $28 million. One <br />of the projects approved by City Council was the 2014 Street and Utility Improvement Project – Area G (City Project <br />No. 2013-002) (the Project). <br /> <br />City Council has taken the following steps in completing this project: <br />• May 28, 2013, Approve Resolution 8108 Authorizing Stantec Consulting, Inc. to Perform Professional <br />Engineering Design Services and Prepare Bidding Documents for Area G of the Street and Utility <br />Improvement Program . <br />• October 28, 2013, Approve Resolution 8168 Approving a Non-Standard Street Design and Parking <br />Restrictions for Ardan Avenue in Area G of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. <br />• November 25, 2013, Approve Resolution 8180 Considering Stormwater Infiltration Program (SIP) Appeals in <br />Area G of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. <br />• February 10, 2014, Approve Resolution 8213 Approving Bidding Documents and Authorizing Advertisement <br />for Bids for 2014 Street and Utility Improvement Project – Area G. <br />• February 24, 2014, Approve Resolution 8219 Approving the Addition of a Sidewalk to the Non-Standard <br />Street Design for Ardan Avenue in Area G of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. <br />• March 24, 2014, Approve Resolution 8229, Approving a Construction Contract to Northwest Asphalt, Inc. for <br />the 2014 Street and Utility Improvement Project – Area G. <br /> <br />Northwest Asphalt, Inc. submitted the lowest responsible bid and was awarded the construction contract for the <br />Project. Northwest Asphalt performed most of the the construction on the contract in the summer of 2014 and <br />completed their work in the late spring of 2015. They were substantially complete on May 27, 2015. The punch list <br />that was prepared following construction has been completed and as a result Northwest has met all the requirements <br />of the contract documents. The project was finalized on October 28, 2016, and Stantec has been waiting to receive <br />final paperwork from Northwest in order to complete this project. <br /> <br />The City has been withholding 5% of the value of completed work, pending completion of the punch list, verification <br />of all the quantities, and providing all closeout documents. The following table provides a summary of the total <br />project cost. <br />