Resolution - #20-195 - 09/08/2020

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Councilmember Riley introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #20-195 RESOLUTION ORDERING ASSESSMENT ROLL AND CALLING ASSESSMENT HEARING FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #20-04, PUMA STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-015, adopted February 24, 2020, the City Engineer was instructed to prepare a Feasibility Report with reference to proposed street, trail, and trunk utility improvements to approximately 1,050 feet of Puma Street between 150th Lane NW and Alpine Drive NW, and other appurtenant work, and a Public Hearing was ordered for March 10, 2020 at 7 p.m., where the City Council considered the proposed improvements for said streets in accordance with the Feasibility Report; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-043, adopted March 10, 2020, the Public Hearing was postponed to March 24, 2020, to allow sufficient time to mail notices to benefiting property owners and to publish notice twice in the City’s official newspaper as required by law; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk gave mailed and published notice of such hearing and improvements as required by law; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-043A, adopted March 24, 2020, the City Council conducted a Public Hearing, approved the Feasibility Report, and ordered the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the making of such improvements; and WHEREAS, benefiting properties are proposed to be assessed for all or a portion of the cost of said improvements, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429, Chapter 8 of the City Charter, and the City’s Special Assessments Policy; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-106 adopted May 26, 2020, the City Council approved plans and specifications and authorized advertisements for bids for said improvements; and WHEREAS, bids were advertised in the Anoka Union Herald and in Finance and Commerce on May 29 and June 5, 2020; and WHEREAS, twelve bids were received, opened, and tabulated on June 19, 2020, and were found to comply with the advertisement for bids; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-130 adopted June 23, 2020, the City Council accepted bids and awarded a contract to Douglas-Kerr Underground, L.L.C. of Mora, Minnesota, in the amount of $622,062.11 for construction of said improvements in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and advertisement for bids.