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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 8/13/12 <br /> Item No.: 7.c <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Adopt a Resolution to Accept the Work Completed and Authorize Final <br />Payment on the County Road C Streetscape Improvements. <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />On April 14, 2008 the City Council awarded the County Road C Streetscape Project to Park <br />2 <br />Construction of Park Construction, of Hampton, Minnesota. Work completed under the contract <br />3 <br />totaled $533,144.72. Park Construction successfully completed the majority of the work to be <br />4 <br />done on the project in July 2009. There was a two year maintenance plan for the streetscape <br />5 <br />planting, we also had a one year warranty on the plantings, prior to final payment. The <br />6 <br />contractor completed their landscape maintenance obligations on June 15, 2012. <br />7 <br />The County Road C Streetscape Project included the following work: <br />8 <br />Pedestrian sidewalk connection under the I-35W bridge for the County Road C regional <br />9 <br />pathway. <br />10 <br />Corridor landscaping improvements along the boulevards and medians of County Road C <br />11 <br />between Long Lake Road and Oxford Street including perennials, ornamental trees, and <br />12 <br />over-story trees. <br />13 <br />Landscaping for the storm water facilities at Howard Johnson Park, City Hall, and Oxford <br />14 <br />Pond with shrubs, rain garden plants, & split rail fence. <br />15 <br />Construction of an overlook at the Fairview/ County Road C Pond <br />16 <br />Installation of pedestrian countdown timers at signals in the corridor. <br />17 <br />City Hall signage at the northwest corner of County Road C and Lexington. <br />18 <br />PO <br />OLICYBJECTIVE <br />19 <br />City policy requires that the following items be completed to finalize a construction contract: <br />20 <br />Certification from the City Engineer verifying that all of the work has been completed in <br />21 <br />accordance with plans and specifications. <br />22 <br />A resolution by the City Council accepting the contract and beginning the one-year warranty. <br />23 <br />FI <br />INANCIALMPACTS <br />24 <br />The final contract amount, $533,144.72, is $46,783.05 less than the awarded amount of <br />25 <br />$579,927.77. This represents a decrease in the contract of 8%. The cost decrease is the result of <br />26 <br />actual contract quantities being less than estimated. <br />27 <br />In 2002, the City applied for and received federal funding for the streetscape project. These <br />28 <br />federal funds paid for 80% of the construction cost. <br />29 <br />SR <br />TAFF ECOMMENDATION <br />30 <br />The work that was completed was in accordance with project plans and specifications, staff <br />31 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />