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<br />Councilmember Menth introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:
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<br />RESOLUTION #20-141
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<br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING USE OF ANOKA COUNTY HOUSING AND
<br />REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUNDS FOR PUMA STREET IMPROVEMENTS,
<br />IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #20-04
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-015, adopted February
<br />24, 2020, the City Engineer was instructed to prepare a Feasibility Report with reference to
<br />proposed street, trail, and trunk utility improvements to approximately 1,050 feet of Puma
<br />Street between 150th Lane NW and Alpine Drive NW, and other appurtenant work, and a
<br />Public Hearing was ordered for March 10, 2020 at 7 p.m., where the City Council will consider
<br />the proposed improvements for said streets in accordance with the Feasibility Report; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-043, adopted March 10,
<br />2020, the Public Hearing was postponed to March 24, 2020, to allow sufficient time to mail
<br />notices to benefiting property owners and to publish notice twice in the City’s official
<br />newspaper as required by law; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br />the City Clerk gave mailed and published notice of such hearing and
<br />improvements as required by law; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-043A, adopted March
<br />24, 2020, the City Council conducted a Public Hearing, approved the Feasibility Report, and
<br />ordered the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the making of such
<br />improvements; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br />benefiting properties are proposed to be assessed for all or a portion of the
<br />cost of the improvements, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429, Chapter 8 of the City
<br />Charter, and the City’s Special Assessments Policy; and
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<br /> WHEREAS,
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-106 adopted May 26,
<br />2020, the City Council approved plans and specifications and authorized advertisements for bids
<br />for said improvements; and
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<br /> WHEREAS,
<br />bids were advertised in the Anoka Union Herald and in Finance and
<br />Commerce on May 29 and June 5, 2020, and twelve bids were received, opened, and tabulated
<br />on June 19, 2020; and
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<br /> WHEREAS,
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-130, adopted June 23,
<br />2020, the low bid of Douglas-Kerr Underground, L.L.C. of Mora, Minnesota, was accepted in
<br />the amount of $622,062.11 for the total bid for construction of said improvements in accordance
<br />with the approved plans and specifications and advertisement for bids, and a Contract for
<br />construction was awarded to said bidder.
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