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Mounds View City Council June 14, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 6 Public Works Director Lee stated the 2003 Street Improvement Project calls for upgrade of the 1 streets that lie generally south of County Road 10 and north of County Road H2, and west of 2 Long Lake Road. He stated Circle Lake/Court Drive was originally part of the project, but they 3 were deleted since they had some issues with those private streets being converted over to public 4 streets. 5 6 Public Works Director Lee stated that the project as proposed calls for total reconstruction of the 7 streets west of Silver Lake Road, and the streets will be adjusted to 28 feet in width. He stated 8 the streets east of Silver Lake Road, since they already have concrete curb and gutter, would have 9 upgraded bituminous surface, some minor replacement of the curb and gutter, and replacement 10 and upgrade of the infrastructure. He stated sanitary sewer improvements that were necessary 11 would be part of the 2003 Street Improvement Project. 12 13 Public Works Director Lee stated bids were received for a proposed sidewalk on the west side of 14 Groveland from County Road I to County Road 10, and bids were also open for the parking lot at 15 the Lakeside Lions Park. He stated the estimated total cost for the project is $2,178,000, of 16 which $557,000 would be assessed. He stated Spring Lake Park would pay for their portion of 17 the project, and also Municipal State Aid would be paying for a portion of it. He stated Mounds 18 View Special Project funds would be used depending on whether or not the City Council awards 19 the contract for Lakeside Lions Park. 20 21 Public Works Director Lee stated on April 22 the City received five bids for the project, and that 22 the low bidder was Hard Drives, Inc. at $1,574,000. He stated Alternate No. 1 for the Groveland 23 sidewalk was $40,234, and Alternate No. 2 for Lakeside Lions parking lot is a little under 24 $100,000. He stated the base bid came in 8.8 percent less than the engineer’s estimate for this 25 project. He stated assuming the City adopts the assessment levy for this project, payments would 26 be due with interest up until October 31st of this year. He stated the assessments period would be 27 certified to the county, and residents would have a period of ten years to pay those assessments at 28 an interest rate of 5 percent. 29 30 Public Works Director Lee stated there was a neighborhood reconstruction meeting on June 3rd. 31 He stated the meeting is on tape and it’s also being re-broadcasted on cable. He stated there is 32 also a preconstruction meeting on June 21st. He stated that at that time they’ll be meeting with 33 the contractor and getting a lot more information on the project in terms of start dates and the 34 general plan from Hard Drives. He stated notice would be sent to residents the week of June 21st 35 informing them of the overall plan. He stated they anticipate a June 22nd construction start date. 36 He stated he didn’t anticipate them starting to rip up the streets until after July 4th. 37 38 Public Works Director Lee stated there had been a delay of three weeks because of issues with 39 the Rice Creek Watershed District, which have been worked out as laid out in the staff report. 40 One of the issues included a change order to add in water quality items. 41 42 Public Works Director Lee stated the requested action from the City Council would be to hold 43 the assessment hearing, to award the base bid, to award Bid Alternates 1 and 2, and to adopt a 44 special assessment levy. 45