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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 10, 2006 Page 3 1 Mr. Dennis Cavanaugh, 2909 St. Anthony Boulevard addressed the Council and stated he 2 enjoyed participating with the proactive and positive undertaking and thanked everyone who 3 participated. 4 5 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the first 6 reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter Five of the City Code, Being the Licenses, Permits, 7 and Business Regulations to include the additions and corrections of the City Attorney. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 11 Mayor Faust indicated there would be two additional readings. He stated his is a win-win 12 situation and a classic way government should treat residents and business owners. Mayor Faust 13 pointed out with each reading, Council experienced additional information or changes surfaced. 14 15 B. Resolution 075; Reject bid for Foss Road Lift Station. 16 17 Mr. Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, presented Resolution 06-075, recommending rejection of 18 all bids for the Foss Road Lift Station and Utility Improvement Project and order plan and 19 specifications incorporated into the 2007 Street Reconstruction Project. 20 21 Mr. Hubmer stated he contacted several contractors opened bids on September 27, 2006. He 22 reported receiving three bids from interested contractors. Mr. Hubmer reported he had an 23 engineer's estimate of just under $900,000. He reported the lowest bid received was for 24 approximately $1,100,000 or $200,000 over the engineer's estimate. Mr. Hubmer recommended 25 Council rejects the bid and includes the Foss Road Lift Station and Utility Improvement Plan 26 into the 2007 Street Reconstruction Project. 27 28 Mr. Hubmer pointed out he contacted the contractors and proposed several changes to attract 29 more contractors to lower the project bid; these included extending the project completion date to 30 the end of June 2007, including additional language to lower contractor costs relative to 31 dewatering, and providing a storage sight for the contractor to store and stage equipment. Mr. 32 Hubmer explained this did not result in lowering the cost. He stated he believes rolling this 33 project into a larger project, would attract more contractor bids. 34 35 Councilmember Horst asked what the City's time line is to complete'the project. 36 37 Mr. Hubmer replied it would be when Pratt breaks ground on the next round of townhouse units. 38 He stated the current lift station has the capacity to support the current requirements. He did not 39 anticipate the start of the Pratt project until spring of 2007 with occupancy beginning in 2008. 40 41 Councilmember Horst asked what the advantage would be to add this into the street project. 42 43 Mr. Hubmer replied the definite benefit would be adding the additional $3,000,000 would make 44 it attractive to contractors. He stated contractors could bring in crews and set them up for several 45 months for better scheduling. 46