Resolution - #24-143 - 05/28/2024

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Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #24-143 RESOLUTION APPROVING PARTIAL PAYMENT NO. 1 TO NORTHDALE CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #21-08, WTP TRUNK WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 419-248 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 421-061 adopted March 9, 2021, a professional services contract was awarded to SEH, Inc. for all design and construction services needed to allow the trunk watermain improvements needed to support the centralized water treatment plant to be designed, bid, and constructed before the water treatment plant is constructed; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 421-303 adopted October 26, 2021, final plans and specifications were approved and advertisements for bids were authorized for said improvements; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 422-003 adopted January 25, 2022, all bids were rejected and Staff was authorized to work with SEH, Inc. to revise the approved plans to reduce project costs and to monitor the bidding environment to identify the most favorable time to bid the project again; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 423-168 adopted July 25, 2023, a new Professional Services Agreement with SEH, Inc. was executed to revise the previously approved plans and to re-bid said improvements for 2024 construction in advance of the Water Treatment Plant commissioning in the Spring of 2025; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 423-237 adopted September 26, 2023, revised final plans and specifications as prepared by SEH, Inc. were approved and advertisements for bids were authorized for improvement project 421-08; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 423-305 adopted November 28, 2023, a contract was awarded to Northdale Construction Co. Inc., of Albertville, Minnesota, in the amount of$6,671,414.00 for said improvements; and WHEREAS, as of May 28, 2024 $0.00 has been paid to date; and WHEREAS, the Senior Engineering Technician has inspected the completed work and recommends partial payment No. 1 to Northdale Construction Co. Inc., of Albertville, Minnesota, for improvement project 421-08, WTP Trunk Watermain Improvements, in the amount of$735,690.78.