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shifting of the. dirt read. An estimate was presented that the neighborhood could have a gravel- sm faced road with calcium chloride treatment for about $3,400. They were offered an aitemative of the road being paved with the City absorbing half the cost, which sounded like a deal at about $3,500. On April 12 there w~ a public heating m~d concerns were raised. They held a neighborhood meeting to discuss concerns regarding water, drainage mud trees. Things looked like they were going to go okay, and the Council at~thorized the project on June 14. The price had gone up to $3,700, but be could live with that. Mr. Howe stated he has received a Ietter that says the price is now $6,600 per lot, which is a lot more, and he is twing to figure out why. Ide ~mderstands the cost of materials went up over the last yem', but only eight months ago the projuct was authorized, and now the cost has doubled. He is having trouble with that, especially since everything did not double in price. If the City really wants to get this project done it would bo appropriate to reconsider some of these prices and how much relief the City will provide to the citizens irt Ran~sey. City Engineer Jm~kowski stated Mr. Howe has presented things fairly accurately. He explained there were snbstantiaI increases in the cost of bkuminous, which did increase the project cost. Some of the origir~al costs were estimated on the light side. Five bids were received on the project, three of Milch were tight, so they do reflect an accurate idea of the costs at this time. Thc bid conht not be awarded because it exceeded ~he estimate by a substm~tial amount. At this time they still h. ave an opportunity to reconsider this project. To do that, the process needs to be st-~rtcd ow:r by holding the public hearing, wifich is being doue tonight. If the public hearing is closed tonight, the plans could be re-hid by early July, which would allo~v time to complete the project this year. Councilmcmber Cook questioucd if there were increased costs due to the need for the asphalt to be thicker in some areas, which w~ determined after soil borings were done. City Engineer Jamkowski replied that is correct. A portion of the project had bm'ied organic soils, and thc recommendation was to thickeu the area to provide additional support. There was also some additlonM fill that was unanticipated at the time the feasibility study was conducted. Councilmember Cook asked if the hope is that these bids would come in lower th:m the last bids, or if a more realistic estimate is being included in the feasibility study. Cky Engineer Jmtkowski replied he specifically tried to be very conservative with the cst/mate lflis time. The construction costs have been estimated at $200,000. There were three bids slightly under $200,000 and a 25% overhead has been added to that. To date there has been $11,000 spent on preparing plans ~ad stafftime. Councihnember Cook noted thls paving was part of the gravel road snrfacing project. Generally when a new road is put in the assessment is not 50/50; this was. offered because this is a road the City would like to see changed over from gravel. He inquired if 50% of the residents are still agmeable to &lis project. City Engineer Jaxkowski noted Mr. Howe suggested the number of residents approving of this prejoot would highly depend on how much the City participates. City Cour[CJl / March 28, 2006 Page 9 of 31 -299-