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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 30, 1986 The special Council meeting was called to order at 7:31 P.M. by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo. Present for roll call : Marks, Ranallo, and Makowske. Absent: Enrooth (_arrived at 7:40 P.M. ) and Sundland. Also present: David Childs, City Manager; Ray Nelson, Liquor Manager; and Don Hickerson, Chief of Police. Steve Campbell of Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , project engineers for the St. Anthony Boulevard Reconstruction Project indicated Bituminous Roadways is the low bidder for the project contract and he is recommending they be chose as well because of the good experience his firm has had with this contractor on other jobs. The engineer indicated he had talked to the contractors who had indicated they would be coordinating the St. Anthony equipment usage with a job they had in Columbia Heights. The contractor estimated it would take them two or three weeks to complete preparations for the St. Anthony project and from seven to eight weeks to complete the job. When the Mayor Pro Tem cautioned the engineer that the City could not stand to have another project which was delayed to the extent the County Road D project had been, Mr. Campbell said a "calendar date" rather than "working date" • completion would be required of these contractors with the project to be required to be substantially completed "before September 15, 1986 and completely finished by October 1 , 1986, when a $500 daily penalty would be imposed. " The project engineer indicated the preconstruction conference of contractors, engineer, and representatives of the City and utility companies who might be involved would be held the latter part of the next week and it was there that the City Manager and Public Works Director could emphasize the Council 's concerns about delays or aggravation of abutting property owners with lack of access to their properties similar to what residents on County Road D had experienced. Mr. Campbell indicated he perceived the contracts Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. wrote with their contractors demanded tighter project management than the County's. Mr. Childs pointed out that there would be no major grade changes connected with this project and he said he understood there were probably already lawsuits pending on the County project. The Manager also drew the Council 's attention to the fact that the contractor's bid had come in about $43,000 less than the engineer's estimate of $315,000. Councilmember Enrooth arrived at 7:40 P.M. and participated in most of the discussion which preceded the following action: Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to accept the bid of $271 ,552 from Bituminous Roads for the St. Anthony Boulevard Recon- struction Project under the terms proposed by the project engineer, • Motion carried unanimously.