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at Coborn's but doing this, he might as well shop at Cub in Anoka. Councilmember Look stated the real issue is the preference it is not a bidding process. Case #6: Award Bids for 2007 Pavement Maintenance Program Public Works Director Olson stated on April 24, 2007, the City Council authorized the 2007 Pavement Maintenance Program. Bids were opened on Friday, June 8,2007. The low bid was received on Division A which includes sealcoats preceded by cracksealing on 15.27 miles of streets was 6% below the feasibility study estimate. The low bid received on Division B which includes a bituminous overlay on 5.46 miles of street was 21 % lower than the feasibility study estimate. Mr. Olson noted that the estimated unit prices were increased 25% over the 2006 bid price to cover the uncertainty in the price of oil. Mr. Olson indicated that the Public Works Committee had directed an alternate bid in relation to the practice of shouldering bituminous overlayed projects entirely with class 2, which is represented by the base bid for Division B. The Alternate Division B bid represents the cost of shouldering only the intersection radii and curves with class 2 and the remainder of the project with topsoil seed and mulch as was done previous to the 2003 program. The cost of the alternate shouldering proposal by the low base bidder is about $4, I 00 more than the base bid, which is slightly more than 1 % of the project cost. Mr. Olson advised staff recommends that Council adopt the resolution awarding Division A of the 2007 Street Maintenance Program to Allied Blacktop Company in the amount of $284,530.28; and also that Council adopt the resolution awarding the 2007 Street Maintenance Program Division B with the Alternate shouldering bid to Knife River Corporation in the amount of $339,550.28. Mayor Gamec stated he has had complaints from people about the gravel on the shoulder edge. He knows they need to protect the edge of the road, but there are places where sprinkling systems and grass is up to the edge of the road where they came in with gravel. That has been a problem. Public Works Director Olson explained they will be changing the direction they are heading with the shouldering material with this approval. Staff is suggesting that the only place where they put gravel is at the turning radii to protect the edge and to provide a safety aspect so that if someone drives off the pavement there is a shoulder without a big drop down. In the straight- aways there will be black dirt and seed. Mayor Gamec commented that last year when sweeping was done the gravel went into the yards. Councilmember Elvig noted there would be very little, if any, sweeping involved with the shoulder material. Councilmember Look indicated there was a sealcoat project done by Allied Blacktop on 142nd Street and Iodine off of Bunker Lake Boulevard. He has had complaints about the quality of the sealcoating there. He commented there may be a reason Allied Blacktop is cheaper. He noticed there are some areas where it is eroding. Public Works Director Olson asked when the project was done. City Council / June 12, 2007 Page 18 of 29 .