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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 03/23/2021 Submitted For: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works By: Joe Feriancek, Engineering/Public Works Information 5. 12. Title: Adopt Resolution #21-060 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisements for Bids for Business Park 95 Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #21-03 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #21-060 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisements for Bids for Business Park 95 Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #21-03. Background: City Improvement Project 21-03 proposes to reconstruct the Business Park 95 subdivision 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 showing the project scope is attached to this case. On February 24, 2020, the Ramsey City Council indefinitely suspended the annual sealcoat program and reallocated $250,000 of the budgeted 2020 sealcoat funds to overlay streets in the Business Park 95 subdivision, which were prematurely deteriorating due to pavement stripping, the driving force for suspending the annual sealcoat program. Following the results and recommendations of a pavement forensics analysis completed by WSB and Associates, Staff concluded that the streets in Business Park 95 were beyond the scope of overlay improvements. On March 16, 2020, the Public Works Committee supported Staff's conclusions and recommendations that overlaying the streets in Business Park 95 was not feasible or cost-effective and should not be completed in 2020. On November 10, 2020, the Ramsey City Council authorized Staff to execute proposals from Bolton & Menk for collecting topographic survey, and from Chosen Valley Testing (CVT) for completing geotechnical work, as required to prepare plans and specifications for reconstructing the streets in Business Park 95 in 2021. On December 8, 2020, the Ramsey City Council approved the 2021 — 2030 Capital Improvement Program, which includes street reconstruction improvements for Business Park 95 in 2021 at an estimated cost of $1,567,500 with Pavement Management Funds covering $1,425,000 of the project costs, and Storm Water Utility Funds covering the remaining $142,500. That same evening Council authorized Staff to execute proposals from Nelson Sanitation & Rental, Inc. for televising services of the sanitary sewer and storm sewer within the project area, and from Water Conservation Services, Inc. for watermain leak testing services within the project area. The watermain leak test results indicated that all of the watermain is in good condition and does not need repairs. The sanitary sewer televising showed that the sanitary sewer system is generally in good condition and does not need any major repairs. However, one small crack was observed in the obvert (top) of a pipe segment near the intersection of Unity Street and 140th Avenue. Staff considered the options for repairing the crack and recommend lining the pipe in the future instead of replacing the pipe as part of this project, which would require closing the street for several days to dig the pipe up and replace it. It is also significantly cheaper to line a pipe than to excavate the street and replace the pipe and a portion of the street in the process. Lining a pipe can also be completed without closing the street to traffic.