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Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization SEH Quarterly Consultant Report January 19, 1994 Page 3 Lastly, we would ask that the Board consider authorization of the final task of the project - Lake Management Plan - at a cost of $9,000 to complete the project by the April 1995 meeting, per the previously referred to scope of work, schedule and cost. 3. American Legion Park Project Wetland Permits Plans for the American Legion Park project have been finalized. The project, to be administered by the City of Roseville, will hopefully be authorized for advertisement by the Roseville City Council at the January 23, 1995 meeting. The schedule, scope and cost of the work per our pending Letter Agreement are attached. Permit applications have been made through the joint notification process. To date, the DNR has responded with specific permit requirements. We will try to verify other permit requirements prior to the January 26 meeting. The schedule anticipates a construction start date of February 20, 1995. There is the potential for delay of construction. First, if for some reason permits are delayed, construction cannot begin. You will recall that we provided the review agencies with a preliminar}' permit notice prior to the October meeting. In the October 27, 1994 Consultant Report, eve noted that required mitigation was still unclear. If mitigation becomes a permit requirement, the costs for the project will increase. Second, with relatively warm weather this winter, we are somewhat concerned about how the frozen wetland will be able to support construction traffic. This can have the effect of increasing bid prices. If the weather warms and a contractor has difficulty performing, an expensive claim for changed conditions could also reasonably be made. Access for pond excavation is difficult. At this time, access is planned for the south end of the project, following the existing bituminous trail. The access is for truck traffic to remove over 10,000 yards of material from the site (or about 1,000 truck lraads). With this amount of traffic, restoration of the trail is necessary and will add cost to` the project. Because of the relatively small size of the project and the difficult conditions, a competitive bidding process is not expected. That, you may recall, was the case when the Lake Owasso outlet structure was built. We had one bidder with costs greatly exceeding the engineer's estimate. At this time, we anticipate two or three bids at the most. We have tried to account for the site difficulty factor in our preliminary engineer's estimate as follows: