Agenda - Public Works Committee - 03/16/2021

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Public Works Committee 5.2. Meeting Date: 03/16/2021 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Title: Consider Recommending City Council Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for Business Park 95 Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #21-03 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to consider recommending City Council approval of plans and specifications and authorization to advertise for bids for Improvement Project #21-03, Business Park 95 Street Reconstructions. Background: City Improvement Project 21-03 proposes to reconstruct the streets within the Business Park 95 subdivision in 2021 including; 140th Avenue, McKinley Street, Radium Street and Unity Street. The streets total approximately 6,314 lineal feet (1.20 miles) in length. The title sheet on the attached plans shows the overall project scope graphically. On December 8, 2020, the Ramsey City Council approved the 2021 — 2030 Capital Improvement Program, which identifies the streets in Business Park 95 for reconstructions in 2021. On February 24, 2020, the Ramsey City Council indefinitely suspended the annual sealcoat program and reallocated $250,000 of the budgeted 2020 sealcoat funds for pavement overlay improvements in the Business Park 95 subdivision since the streets within Business Park 95 are prematurely deteriorating due to pavement stripping, which is the driving force for suspending the annual sealcoat program. In February 2020, Staff hired WSB to perform a pavement forensics analysis, which included the extraction of pavement cores from each street segment proposed to receive overlay improvements in Business Park 95. Based on WSB and Associates pavement forensics analysis, it was found that the deterioration of the streets in Business Park 95 were beyond the scope of overlay improvements. WSB's report solidified Staff's recommendation not to overlay the streets within Business Park 95 in 2020. The WSB report is attached to this case. On March 16, 2020, the Public Works Committee supported Staff s conclusions and recommendations that the proposed Amended 2020 Pavement Overlay Improvements, including Business Park 95, were not feasible or cost-effective from an engineering standpoint, and that the overlay improvements as proposed should not be completed in 2020. On November 10, 2020, the Ramsey City Council authorized Staff to execute proposals from Bolton & Menk for topographic survey work, and from Chosen Valley Testing (CVT) for geotechnical evaluation work, both of which are required to complete the project design and prepare plans and specifications. The CVT Geotechnical Report is attached to this case. The geotechnical report generally found clean sand below the existing bituminous and gravel pavement sections. On December 8, 2020, the Ramsey City Council authorized Staff to execute proposals from Nelson Sanitation & Rental, Inc. for televising the sanitary sewer and storm sewer within the project area, and from Water Conservation Services, Inc. for leak testing watermain within the project area. The watermain leak test results indicated that all of the watermain is in good condition and does not need repairs.