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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 23, 2016 Page 3 Motion carried 5 -0 B. Resolution 16 -062, a Resolution Awarding a Bid for the Mirror Lake Storm water Quality Improvements 7 City Engineer Todd Hubmer reviewed this resolution to award the contract for the Mirror Lake 8 storm water improvement project to the lowest bidder. A tabulation of these bidders, as well as 9 the low bidder of Sunram Construction with a bid amount of $856,950 was presented for Council 10 consideration. 11 12 Mr. Hubmer provided a summary of the lake history and background studies stating Mirror Lake 13 was constructed by St. Anthony in 1962. The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) was 14 founded in 1972. There is a cooperative agreement between RCWD, the City of New Brighton, 15 and St. Anthony. No easement acquisitions were needed as part of the project. In 2011, there was 16 a super storm which dropped over 7 inches of rain in 4 hours. Improvements at Mirror Lake 17 would provide flood protection to residents. Mr. Hubmer stated St. Anthony worked with RCWD 18 on obtaining a $3.OM targeted Watershed Demonstration Grant from BWSR Clean Water Fund 19 in 2014. 20 21 Mr. Hubmer indicated the existing conditions of Mirror Lake. The concept plan includes 22 excavating the lake, replace the outlet structure, construct flood control berm and stabilize 23 shoreline. 24 25 Mr. Hubmer reviewed the project benefits including reducing phosphorus loadings and algae 26 blooms in Mirror Lake and downstream, increased flood storage from 46 to 83 acre -feet, 27 improve public safety, and to improve aquatic and near -shore wildlife habitat. An estimated 125 28 trees will be planted as part of final restoration along with plantings of native pollinator mix. 29 30 Mr. Hubmer stated Sunram Construction, Inc. was the lowest responsive, responsible bidder at 31 $856,950. The contractor is confident with their pricing. 32 33 Councilmember Brever asked if the City has worked with Sunram Construction previously and 34 Mr. Hubmer stated Sunram has not worked in St. Anthony but Mr. Hubmer has worked with 35 them in other cities and they are a reputable contractor. They do a lot of environmental type 36 work. 37 38 Councilmember Stille stated five years ago there was ankle deep water in these residences. The 39 model took time to run and this produced the plan to fix the problem. Thanks were given to 40 Mayor Faust for stepping in and working hard on this project. 41 42 Councilmember Gray asked how the budget is affected since the bid from Sunram came in so 43 low. Mr. Hubmer stated the budget has been adjusted to reflect the bid. There is $150,000 in 44 savings. 45 46 Councilmember Jenson asked who else is involved in the Rice Creek Watershed District and Mr. 47 Hubmer stated it includes St. Anthony, New Brighton, and other communities in Anoka County,