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Pond Excavation The original contract included 10,750 Cubic Yards of pond excavation, This volume was based upon constructing ponds that fit within existing right of way but that were smaller than the desired NURP standards for the tributary runoff of the Red Fox commercial area, The property owner at 1315 Red Fox Road approached the City during the early construction phase of the project to propose the City shorten the length of Red Fox Road and vacate the resulting ROW Jor potential private use parking expansion at that location, The vacation and shortening of the roadway also provided the City an opportunity to increase the size of the drainage ponds in conjunction with an easement granted from International Paper for a nominal amount (also related to the vacation/roadway modification), The ponds were subsequently sized to meet NURP standards for removal of pollutants, The increase in pond size equates to 12,012 cubic yards of material. The Contractor has been paid the contract price of $7 ,24/CY for the additional excavation in previous payments, Although the roadway vacation resulted in additional storm drainage costs, a savings of approximately $55,000 was realized in the roadway items as a result of the change, The enhanced pond size provides much improved water quality for the City and was strongly supported by Rice Creek Watershed officials, The Contractor has requested compensation for additional costs incurred resulting from the need to dispose of the additional pond excavation materials (above original contract quantity), The dump sites that were secured for the original bid ineluded payment from others to offset the Contractor's hauling and placing costs resulting in the bid of$7,24/CY, The additional materials (above the original contract quantity) were not able to be disposed of at the same location and were trucked to various locations, dumped, spread and compacted with no payment from others to offset the Contractor's hauling and placing costs, The value of $3,22/CY represents the cost associated with dumping, spreading by bulldozer and compacting the materials at new sites, Hauling distances were determined to be approximately the same as those which the bid was based upon therefore no extra compensation is requested for hauling, URS staff reviewed hauling records and dump fees paid by Amt Construction to verify the distances and activities which arc part of the claim, Based upon our review we believe the $3,22 is an accurate representation of the additional costs beyond contract unit prices incurred by the Contractor for the additional work. We also believe the original bid of$7,24/CY is very competitive and is indicative of the fact that Amt was being paid for placing the material at a dump site, The total requested additional compensation for pond grading is therefore $3,22*12,012 CY ~ $38,678.64 Total amount ineluded in Change Order #1 is $4,575,60 + $38,678,64 = $43,254.24. Recommendation lJRS recommends the Council approve Change Order #l for Amt Construction Company, mc, of Hugo, MN in the amount of $43,254.24, . . .