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<br /> File: 520-080-20 -.
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<br />II\SILTI\r. F.\I,L\EERS
<br />1326 Energy Park Drive Honorable Mayor and City Council .
<br />St. Paul, MN 55108
<br />61 H4H389 City of Arden Hills
<br /> 1450 West Highway 96 .
<br />1.800.888.2923 Arden Hills, MN 55112
<br />fo, 612.644.9446
<br /> RE: 1997 STREET IMPROVEMENTS .
<br /> Dear Mayor and Council:
<br /> Please find enclosed a bid tabulation form for the 1997 Street Improvements. Six bids .
<br /> were received prior to the bid opening on Wednesday, February 19. The bids ranged
<br /> from a low of $595,960.00 to a high of $834,300.00, with the low bidder being Valley .
<br /> Paving, Inc. We have had previous experience with Valley Paving including the
<br /> reconstruction of Stowe Avenue and the Street Maintenance Improvements for the City .
<br />Ci:~ :",G;~'i::cR:h::; of Arden Hills in 1995.
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<br />,,\:~,\,:)""" The low bid of $595,960.00 is higher than was estimated in the feasibility study -.
<br />;; \, '..'~ ~ presented in November 1996. That study estimated a total construction cost of
<br />- ~ - --, $550,000.00, or $46,000.00 less than the actual bid amount. This is chiefly due to
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<br />,--,'..-, additions made to the project since the feasibility study was presented. These changes .
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<br />-~~ ,~;'J:;.-~-:Cf'> 1. The addition of three bike trail seal coats (bid amount = $2,707.75) .
<br />-; :'~C' ,\IE':'-<;'~..~':'. 2. The inclusion of a slurry seal alternate, which increased the bid amount by
<br />!:\;C",:::~:~;G $16,011.90. .
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<br />"',:::.i::; = )T~:S:";:::::;~i 3. Compete reconstruction of Colleen Circle, instead of bituminous reclamation
<br />sc,:.>. as previously planned, which added approximately $17,000.00 to the .
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<br /> construction cost.
<br /> These additions amount to $35,719.65 and when added to the estimate from the .
<br /> feasibility study, the total is $585,720.00. This is within $10,240.00, or 1.72 percent,
<br /> of the actual bid amount. If it is deternlined that the overall cost is too high, the project .
<br /> specifications allow portions of the bid to be deleted at your discretion.
<br /> In addition to the bid tabulation, we have attached two Resolutions for the project. .
<br />OfFICES IN: Resolution 97-10 determines the assessed cost of the project at $355,084.76 and orders
<br />MINNEAPOLIS the preparation of a preliminary assessment roll. Resolution 97-11 orders an assessment ..
<br />PRIOR LAKE hearing to be held on March 31, 1997.
<br />ST. PAUL
<br />WASECA .
<br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer
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