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1 <br /> <br />Request for Proposals: Bethel Trail Project <br /> <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills is seeking proposals for engineering services to construct a trail from the main <br />entrance to Bethel University on Snelling Avenue to the Canadian Pacific rail underpass along Snelling <br />Avenue and continuing south along Snelling Avenue to County Road E and then running on the south <br />side of County Road E east to connect to the existing trail at Freeway Park. Previous studies have <br />identified the west side of Snelling and the south side of County Road E as the preferred alignments. <br />Previous studies are attached <br /> <br />This RFP is divided into the following separate Schedules for professional services: <br /> <br />I. Schedule 1 – Preliminary Design <br />II. Schedule 2 – Final Design <br />III. Schedule 3 – Construction Services <br /> <br />The City will consider awarding the described work in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 separately, to the consultant <br />who provides the City the best combination of value and expertise. <br /> <br />GENERAL PROJECT SCOPE <br /> <br />The Arden Hills City Council has committed to providing a trail connection between the two Bethel <br />University Campuses by the end of 2018. Some segments have been recently added with other <br />construction projects and the final link remaining is from the Main Bethel University entrance on Snelling <br />Avenue to the CP Rail underpass on Snelling Avenue and continuing south to County Road E and east on <br />County Road E to Freeway Park. <br /> <br />REQUIRED SERVICES DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />I. Schedule 1 – Preliminary Design: <br /> <br /> <br />1. COORDINATION W/ RAMSEY COUNTY <br />All of this work is within Ramsey County Right of Way and as such will require approval <br />of Ramsey County. Additionally, Ramsey County typically contributes to the construction <br />cost of this type of trail and therefore they will have an interest in the design and <br />construction to insure it meets with their criteria. Preliminary scoping work that has been <br />previously done on this trail segment suggested a boardwalk section along the pond south <br />of the CP rail underpass. It appears there may be some unused shoulder area in the <br />roadway that could be used to narrow up the road / trail section in this environmentally <br />sensitive area. It may be possible to construct this section of trail upland if the roadway is <br />narrowed up to provide space for a trail. This is an area where coordination with Ramsey <br />County will be key to the success of this project. <br /> <br />2. UTILITY LOCATION <br />Call Gopher State one call to assemble utility information which shall be incorporated on <br />the base mapping. All utilities are to be field marked and located by means of survey <br />quality equipment. The selected consultant shall also incorporate City utility as-built <br />drawings into the base mapping. As-built drawings will be provided to the consultant.