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<br /> <br />~ DEN HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 4, 2008 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Kristine Giga, Civil Engineer <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Motion to approve Final Payment (#5) to l\1argolis Company in the <br />amount of $10,873.97 for the CSAH 96 Landscape and Irrigation <br />Improvement Project <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills awarded Margolis Company of Roseville, MN the CSAH 96 Landscape <br />and Irrigation Improvement Project on April 24, 2006 for a total contract amount of $176,732.50. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION/FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS <br /> <br />Margolis Company has been paid $162,554.53 to date. The construction of the project is <br />complete. The two-year warranty period for the plants ended in July 2008. A walk through was <br />completed in late June, 2008 to identify plantings needing replacement; these plants were <br />subsequently replaced. <br /> <br />There are nine trees along the corridor whose survival is questionable. These trees were <br />replacement trees in 2007; the contract documents state that the contractor is only required to <br />replace the trees once. Staffwill continue to monitor these trees; if they do not survive, staffwill <br />remove them and seek direction from the City Council whether the trees should be replaced or <br />not. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />Approve Final Payment (#5) to Margolis Company in the alTIOunt of$1 0,873.97 for the CSAH <br />96 Landscape and Irrigation Improvement Project. <br /> <br />\\Metro-inet.us\ardenhiJIs\PR&PW\Engineering\2008\Council_ Actions\9-8-08 _MenlO _ CSAH96 _PaymentS _FinaI.doc <br />