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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 23, 2015 Page 2 2 City Engineer Hubmer explained that the 2016 street and utility project was previously proposed 3 for Skycroft Drive south of 36`h, however, based on a number of concerns and the possibility of 4 partnering with the City of Columbia Heights, the 2016 street and utility improvement project is 5 proposed to be changed to include street and utility reconstruction on Stinson Boulevard from 6 37`h Avenue to Silver Lane and on 37`h Place from Stinson Boulevard to P Avenue in Columbia 7 Heights. He presented the project schedule and stated that three public information meetings 8 will be held as well as the public hearing for the project and assessments and construction is 9 anticipated to begin in May 2016 with substantial completion in October 2016. 10 11 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 15- 12 041 Ordering Preparation of Feasibility Report for the 2016 Street and Utility Improvements. 13 14 Motion carried 4 -0. 15 16 B. Resolution 15 -042 Awarding Bid for Construction of Regional Stormwater Research 17 Facility. Todd Hubmer, City Engineer, presenting. 18 19 City Engineer Hubmer advised that four bids were received for construction of the regional 20 stormwater research facility and the lowest responsible bidder is St. Paul Utilities and 21 Excavating, Inc., at $1,494,860. He explained this project has been pending for a number of 22 years and due to inflationary factors and other changes in the design to accommodate MWMO's 23 desires, contract costs were approximately $1.6 million; as a result, staff worked with the 24 contractor and eliminated some of the design elements that resulted in significant cost savings 25 without changing the operational performance of the facility and a Change Order has been 26 negotiated resulting in a net decrease of $113,500 for a contract price of $1,381,360. He added 27 that construction will not start until all permits and agreements for the project have been received 28 from the City of Minneapolis. 29 30 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 15- 31 042 Awarding a Bid for the St. Anthony Stormwater Research Facility Project. 32 33 Motion carried 4 -0. 34 35 C. Amendment to the St. Anthony Regional Stormwater Research Facility Capital Project 36 Agreement. Todd Hubmer, City Engineer, presenting. 37 38 City Engineer Hubmer explained that the City's existing agreement with MWMO for the 39 Stormwater Research Facility provided $1,209,000 in funding and the MWMO Board recently 40 agreed to increase its grant to $1,609,000 to cover the cost of construction of the facility. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Mississippi 43 Watershed Management Organization Amendment One to Capital Project Agreement (MWMO 44 Agreement #204- 12 -01). 45 46 Motion carried 4 -0. 47