Resolution - #23-168 - 07/25/2023

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Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #23-168 RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO REVISE PLANS AND RE-BID 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, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-143 adopted May 25, 2021, the final Feasibility Study dated March 4, 2021, for the centralized water treatment plant was approved; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-150 adopted May 25, 2021, Requests for Proposals for professional engineering services to prepare final plans and specifications, to administer the bid process, and to provide construction administration services for construction of a municipal water treatment plant was approved and the advertising and direct soliciting of said proposal was authorized; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-220 adopted July 27, 2021, Staff was authorized to negotiate a contract with Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services (AE2S) in an amount not to exceed $1,198,600 in response to their professional engineering services proposal, subject to review and approval of the contract by the City Attorney; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #23-032 adopted January 24, 2023, final plans and specifications as prepared by AE2S were approved and advertisements for bids were authorized for Improvement Project #21-09; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #23-061 adopted March 28, 2023, three (3) bids were accepted and a construction contract was awarded to Magney Construction, Inc. in the amount of $31,528,500.00, and an amendment from AE2S was approved in the amount of $225,100.00 for additional construction phase services; and WHEREAS, staff from the City of Ramsey and SEH, Inc. recommend proceeding to revise the approved plans to reduce project costs and to re-bid the project in the Fall of 2023 for construction in 2024.