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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 3/10/98 ITEM NO.: F-4 Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section' _- Reports and Recommendations Item Descn"ption-6 Approve than orders Igo. and 99 7 Contract Background: As � of 1997 Contract A, irnpovement s are being constructed on North and � Boulevard and oselawn Avenue in the southeastern portion of the City} as South Il�icarrons Bou s , As part of an reconstruction project, current policy is that staff may shown on the attached map. approve change Orders for u to % of the original contract amount. For this particular project} � sta Change Order in the a�rnount of 74} 00 which was under the 5 �ff has already approve one � threshold. The Change Orders are summarized as follows Change Order No. number of'Items were added to the contract due to unforeseen circumstances in the f Change Order loo. I was due to conflicts with existing utility lines freld, The majority � g boulevard that are the property of the t. Paul water Utility and �� youth 11�Icarr'ons the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. Because of the age of these utilities} accurate records were not available to determine their exact locations} resulting in some conflicts with proposed utilities. Change order No. 2 . constructing a Number of stone retaining galls to accommodate the The project includes co � new roads pathway, and parking arkin areas. The original design of the walls was based on the that no wails assumption that be re q aired over 5 feet in height. Due to the addition of parking lane, particularly 1 between woodruff Avenue and western Avenue on South Mcarrons Boulevard, was as necessary to modify the design of the walls to accommodate waft heights eater than 5 feet. In two areas} the walls were constructed to a height of 10 feet as shown on the attached map. For the majority of the walls greater than 5 feet, ' constructed to a height g was only necessary to modify the size of the