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.- CITY OF ARDEN HILLS . MEMORANDUM DATE: March 3, 1998 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Cindv S. Walsh, Parks and Recreation Director ;' 'J '. . '- SUBJECT: Awarding the Price Quote for the Trail Culvert Backl;:round The existing trail bridge is hand made out of wood and is unsafe and inadequate. City Engineer, Greg Brown, prepared a plan to replace the bridge with two 12" drain pipes. A bituminous path would then be placed over the drain pipes. This will provide a much better surface for pedestrians and maintenance vehicles. Proiect Cost We received project cost price quotes from six contractors. The lowest three are as follows: Contractor Price . Sunram Construction, Inc. $11,812.80 (including damaged trail repair) Lametti and Sons, Inc. $12,675 (excluding trail damage repair) Glenn Rehbein Excavating Inc. $13, I 00 (excluding trail damage repair) Sunram Construction, Inc. has the lowest price; however, we have recently been notified that they have been suspended and disqualified from entering into or receiving a MnDot contract or serving as a subcontractor. Under Minnesota Statutes Section 161.315, this suspension also applies to city contracts for goods and services. Engineering fees are expected to be in the ranges of$I,OOO. Thus, the total project cost including engineering is $13,675 if Lamelti and Sons Inc., the lowest qualified quoter, is awarded the project. Budget Implications During the 1998 budget process, MSA Engineering had estimated the cost of the project to be $10,000. I would recommend that the remaining $3,675 come from the $3,750 that was budgeted for seal coating for 1998. Using this money for a purpose other than seal cQating gives the City time to evaluate the effectiveness of the slurry coat that was applied to last year's trail segment. Since the slurry was done in the fall, we have not been through a summer season. I have had very little feedback from . trail users about the surface smoothness of the slurry coat. I am not convinced that the City should proceed with using this method to seal coat the remainder ofthe trails.