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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 22, 2022 Page 2 1 A. 2022 Street and Utility Improvement Projects 2 3 Mayor Stille noted he lives in the area of the projects and the City Attorney deemed there to be 4 no conflict of interest and Mayor Stille will participate in the discussion and vote. 6 City Engineer Justin Messner reviewed Council is requested to consider three resolutions. A 7 resolution calling for a public hearing to be held on April 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. for the 2022 8 Street and Utility Improvement Project; a resolution declaring the cost to be assessed and 9 ordering preparation of proposed assessments for the 2022 Street and Utility Improvement 10 Project in the amount of $492,700; and a resolution calling for a public hearing to be held on 11 April 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. on the proposed assessments for the 2022 Street and Utility 12 Improvement Project. 13 14 A PowerPoint presentation was provided by Mr. Messner for Council review. The location of the 15 proposed street & utility improvement project is on Rankin Road (33 d Avenue NE to 315f 16 Avenue NE). The locations of the proposed mill and overlay improvement project are on 17 Crestview Drive (29 h Avenue to 31' Avenue), Armour Terrace (Silver Lake Road to Crestview 18 Drive), Bell Lane (Armour Terrace to Crestview Drive), East Gate Road (Crestview Drive to 19 Rankin Road), Coolidge Street Alley (Murray Avenue to 29t° Avenue), Murray Ave/St. Anthony 20 Blvd. Alley (Wilson Street to Coolidge Street) and 29"' Ave/St. Anthony Blvd Alley (bounded 21 by 29°i Avenue, Roosevelt Street, St. Anthony Boulevard, and Stinson Boulevard). Maps 22 showing the locations were displayed. 23 24 The engineer's estimate is $2,043,366.50. Six bids were received as of February 2, 2022 between 25 $2,123,247.60 - $1,650,126.01. The low bid was from McNamara Contracting for 26 $2,123,247.60. Mr. Messner reviewed the project costs/funding breakdown indicating the 27 portions to be assessed. Mr. Messner noted the bids were higher than the engineer's estimate due 28 to inflation. The Project Schedule was reviewed. 29 30 Residents can sign up for notifications on the City's website. 31 32 Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Messner and referred to the engineer's estimate vs. the 33 bids and noted a 4% increase this year. She asked if this is similar to what Mr. Messner is seeing 34 in other cities. Mr. Messner stated some projects are coming in higher than 4%. 35 36 Mayor Stille asked Mr. Messner to explain I&I. Mr. Messner stated it is clean water/groundwater 37 coming into the City's sanitation system. The City is charged for the extra water going into the 38 Met Council system. The City has a plan to repair the system to decrease clean water going into 39 the sanitation system. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution 42 22-028 — A Resolution Calling a Hearing for the 2022 Street and Utility Improvement Project. 43 44 Motion carried 5-0. 45