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<br />Item No: 7C <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: _____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Tracy Juell, Public Works Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution Number 7578 Authorizing the purchase of <br />lumber and mailboxes the 2010 SUIP – Area B/C <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />Council approved plans/specs and authorized advertisement for the 2010 Street and <br />Utility Improvement Project – Area B/C contract at the February 8, 2010 meeting. <br /> <br />As part of the street improvement project, the City will need to purchase mailboxes and <br />the lumber for Staff to construct the mailbox posts. (The contractor will install the posts <br />and mailboxes.) <br /> <br />The following is in the City Code, Chapter 202, Public Improvements: <br /> <br />j. In projects involving new street construction, and mill and overlays, mailboxes will be <br />grouped on gang posts in numbers logical to the spacing required. This practice will <br />insure the proper placement of the mailboxes, reduce potential roadside hazards, and <br />generally clean up the edge of the street. The cost of the new posts and installation <br />will be added to the project. Residents of overlays and mill and overlays may request <br />the new posts and installation, which will be added to the cost of the project. (Ord. <br />654, 2-14-00) <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Staff received quotes for (130) 6x6x8 and (40) 6x6x10 rough cedar posts, (48) 1x8x10ft <br />green treated lumber and (320) mailboxes from four (4) vendors and they are as follows: <br />Lowe’s of Blaine $6,857.34 <br />Scherer Bros. Lumber $7,342.08 <br />Menards $7,491.72 <br />Spring Lake Park Lumber $7,592.40 <br /> <br />Staff recommends the purchase of the necessary lumber to construct mailbox posts <br />including the purchase of mailboxes for the 2010 Street and Utility Project – Area B/C <br />from Lowe’s of Blaine in the amount of $6,857.34 to be funded from account number <br />410-4650-7050-312. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> ________________________ <br />Tracy Juell, Administrative Assistant