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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 7/16/12 <br /> Item No.: 7.g <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Adopt a Resolution to Accept the Work Completed, Authorize Final <br />Payment and commence the One-Year Warranty Period on the Twin <br />Lakes Infrastructure Improvements- Phase 1. <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />On June 15, 2009, the City Council awarded the Twin Lakes Infrastructure Improvements- Phase <br />2 <br />1 to Eureka Construction, of Lakeville, Minnesota. Work completed under the contract totaled <br />3 <br />$2,961,229.45. Eureka Construction successfully completed the majority of the work to be done <br />4 <br />on the project in December 2009. There was a two year maintenance plan for the streetscape <br />5 <br />planting, the contractor completed their landscape maintenance obligations on May 30, 2012. <br />6 <br />The Twin Lakes Infrastructure Improvements Project consists of the construction of Twin Lakes <br />7 <br />Parkway, between Cleveland Avenue and Mount Ridge Road, and the construction of Mount <br />8 <br />Ridge Road, between Twin Lakes Parkway and County Road C-2. It also included; installation <br />9 <br />of LED streetlights, landscaping, storm water treatment using trees, shrubs, and perennials, the <br />10 <br />construction of a storm water reuse system to provide irrigation for the streetscape, the <br />11 <br />construction of an underground infiltration chamber for groundwater recharge and the City’s first <br />12 <br />roundabout. The City of Roseville received two awards for the work completed as a part of this <br />13 <br />project. <br />14 <br />PO <br />OLICYBJECTIVE <br />15 <br />City policy requires that the following items be completed to finalize a construction contract: <br />16 <br />Certification from the City Engineer verifying that all of the work has been completed in <br />17 <br />accordance with plans and specifications. <br />18 <br />A resolution by the City Council accepting the contract and beginning the one-year warranty. <br />19 <br />FI <br />INANCIALMPACTS <br />20 <br />The final contract amount, $3,126,802.05, is $165,573.05 more than the awarded amount of <br />21 <br />$2,961,229.45. This represents an increase in the contract of 5.6%. The cost increase is the <br />22 <br />result of unforeseen circumstances encountered during construction and actual contract <br />23 <br />quantities being less than estimated. Decisions regarding this additional work needed to be made <br />24 <br />while the work was being completed, so that the project completion would not be delayed. A <br />25 <br />brief description of some of these additional work items: <br />26 <br />Environmental clean up- Asbestos material was discovered buried within the Mount <br />27 <br />Ridge Right of way. Also, oil and water sludge was discovered in a tank located in one <br />28 <br />of the buildings that was demolished. Finally, removal of mercury contaminated soil. <br />29 <br />Private work- the existing property at 2800 Cleveland asked the City’s contractor to <br />30 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />