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Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #21-061 RESOLUTION ORDERING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #21-08, WATER TREATMENT PLANT TRUNK WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #19-248 adopted October 8, 2019, five (5) proposals were accepted and a professional services contract was awarded to SEH, Inc. for the purpose of analyzing the City’s municipal water supply system source water, developing a water system model, and preparing a preliminary design report for a centralized water treatment plant to ensure that the City’s municipal water supply system will continue to provide adequate quantities of safe drinking water into the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, SEH, Inc. has completed the tasks required by the contract such that all required off-site trunk watermain improvements needed to serve the proposed water treatment plant have been identified well enough to complete preliminary and final design efforts; and WHEREAS, to ensure that the required off-site trunk watermain improvements can be constructed as cost-effectively as possible the City must complete construction of the trunk watermain improvements along Bunker Lake Boulevard before Anoka County begins construction of their proposed Bunker Lake Boulevard interim improvements project on or after September 7, 2021; and WHEREAS, at the request of City Staff, SEH, Inc. submitted a proposal for design and construction services to allow the necessary trunk watermain improvements to be designed, bid, and constructed in 2021; and WHEREAS, funds required to pay for the trunk watermain improvements have been collected from municipal water supply users and are available to fund the improvements in 2021; and WHEREAS, City Staff recommends accepting the professional services proposal from SEH, Inc. based on the value the City will receive by completing construction of the trunk watermain improvements along Bunker Lake Boulevard before Anoka County begins construction of their proposed Bunker Lake Boulevard interim improvements project. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) The Mayor and City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with SEH for said professional services for and on behalf of the City of Ramsey.