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keeping street widths as narrow as practical to minimize traffic speeds and to minimize loss of mature boulevard trees. Public utilities do not exist within these street corridors and the City has no plans to serve this area with public utilities so sanitary sewer and watermain improvements are not proposed with this project. Per City Council direction on January 26th, final plans and specifications were prepared in-house by City staff. On April 12th the City Council accepted final plans and specifications and authorized advertisements for bids. On May 11h, a total of five (5) sealed bids were received and publicly opened and read aloud, then checked for errors and omissions and tabulated. All five bids were found to be competitive and favorable, complied with the advertisement for bids, and no adjustments were required. A summary of the bids is included below and in the attached resolution. CONTRACTOR TOTAL BID Douglas -Kerr Underground, LLC $1,568,162.65 Midwest Asphalt Corporation $1,661,736.20 North Valley, Inc. $1,754,703.11 Veit & Company, Inc. $1,776,664.87 Park Construction Company $1,930,316.99 Engineer's Estimate $1,989,875.10 J Of the five bids received, the lowest responsible bid was submitted by Douglas -Kerr Underground, LLC of Mora, Minnesota, in the amount of $1,568,162.65. This is $421,712.45, or 21.2%, less than the engineer's estimate of $1,989,875.10. Following award of contract, staff will immediately issue a Notice of Award to Douglas -Kerr Underground to initiate execution of a contract and issuance of the required bonds and insurance. The City Attorney will verify that the contract and bonds and insurance are in proper legal form prior to execution of the contract. Once the contract is executed, staff will issue a Notice to Proceed and construction may then begin. At this time it is anticipated that construction will begin the first week of June, and will be completed this fall. Notification: Advertisements for bids were published in the Anoka Union Herald and in Finance and Commerce on April 15th and April22nd. Observations/Alternatives: Observations: Per Council direction, staff worked with the Northfork Homeowners Association (NFHOA) Board to obtain a permanent pedestrian trail easement agreement to provide for the future construction of a paved public trail connection between Jarvis Street and the existing paved trail that terminates near the north edge of the Northfork development approximately 0.8 miles east of Jarvis Street. See the attached north trail corridor exhibit for reference. This trail connection will serve as an alternate connection to the pedestrian facility previously proposed along Andrie Street and 164th Lane and per the attached Master Park and Trail Plan. A subsequent case will request Council approval of this trail easement agreement which was signed by the President of the NFHOA and notarized on May 19th. Alternatives: Alternative # 1 — Motion to adopt Resolution # 16-05-097 accepting bids and awarding a contract for Improvement Project #16-00 Division C, Andrie Street and 164th Lane Reconstruction. Alternative #2 — Motion to deny adoption of Resolution #16-05-097 at this time. Funding Source: