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CC Regular Session 5. 9. Meeting Date: 05/25/2021 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Information Title Adopt Resolution #21-128 Approving Plans and Specifications for Dolomite Street Demolition, Improvement Project #21-07, and Approving Supplemental Agreement #1 for Riverdale Drive Reconstruction, Improvement Project #21-00 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #21-128 approving Plans and Specifications for Dolomite Street Demolition, Improvement Project #21-07, and approving Supplemental Agreement #1 for Riverdale Drive Reconstruction, Improvement Project #21-00. Background: The demolition of Dolomite Street between Riverdale Drive and Highway 10 is identified in the Highway 10 Access Planning Study, and was moved forward in the Ramsey Gateway Plan. Staff considered incorporating this work into the 2021 Riverdale Drive Reconstruction project, Improvement Project #21-00, but the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) State Aid Office informed Staff that the segment of Dolomite Street within Highway 10 right-of-way would need to be removed as part of the project, which would require a separate State Aid project number, separate plans, and separate reviews. Therefore, including this work with Improvement Project #21-00 could delay bids so the demolition of Dolomite Street was not pursued with the project. After bids were authorized for the Riverdale Drive Reconstruction project in late January, Staff again contacted MnDOT State Aid and was informed that State Aid could expedite their plan review process for the Dolomite Street Demolition work since it would benefit the trunk highway system. In turn, this work could potentially be incorporated into Improvement Project #21-00 using a supplemental agreement. Alternatively, the City could bid the work separately and construct it as a separate project. On February 23, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution #21-048 accepting a design services proposal from Bolton & Menk to prepare plans and specifications for the demolition of Dolomite Street between Riverdale Drive and Highway 10, designated as Improvement Project #21-07. A copy of this resolution is attached. BMI completed the final plans and specifications and requested MnDOT State Aid approval to incorporate the improvements into the Riverdale Drive Reconstruction project via supplemental agreement. MnDOT recently approved this request. BMI then worked with Kuechle Underground to obtain their unit prices for this additional work that would increase the scope of the project and includes several bid items not included in the original plans. Staff is now requesting City Council approval of the attached final plans and specifications and authorization to enter into Supplemental Agreement #1 for Improvement Project #21-00. Staff had anticipated asking for these approvals in June, but was able to move this timeline up due to BMI completing the plans and specifications quicker than anticipated, and due to MnDOT expediting their review process in light of the benefits to Highway 10. Improvement Project #21-00, Riverdale Drive Reconstruction, Feldspar Street to Sunfish Lake Boulevard, is under construction and Kuechle Underground, Inc. is the prime contractor. This segment of Riverdale Drive is on the City of Ramsey's Municipal State Aid Street (MSAS) system, which means MnDOT's State Aid Office must approve significant changes to the scope of the project and/or the addition of pay items during construction.