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<br />Councilmember Riley introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:  
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<br />RESOLUTION #21-201  
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<br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTIAL PAYMENT NO. 3 TO KUECHLE  
<br />UNDERGROUND, INC. FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #21-00, RIVERDALE  
<br />DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION, FELDSPAR STREET TO SUNFISH LAKE  
<br />BOULEVARD  
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<br />WHEREAS,  
<br />the City proposes to reconstruct Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar  
<br />Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard in 2021 under City Improvement Project #21-00; and  
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<br />WHEREAS,  
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-248 adopted November  
<br />24, 2020, the City Council accepted the design services proposal of Bolton & Menk, Inc. for  
<br />providing engineering services required to develop final plans and specifications for the purpose  
<br />of soliciting bids for the construction of Improvement Project #21-00; and  
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<br />WHEREAS,  
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-022 adopted January 26,  
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<br />2021, the City Council approved final plans and specifications as prepared byBolton & Menk,  
<br />Inc. and authorized advertisements for bids for the construction of Improvement Project #21-00;  
<br />and   
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<br />WHEREAS 
<br />, bids were advertised in the Anoka Union Herald and in Finance and  
<br />Commerce on January 29th and February 5th, 2021; and     
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<br />WHEREAS 
<br />, eleven (11) bids were received, opened, and tabulated on March 2, 2021, and  
<br />the bids were found to comply with the approved plans and specifications and advertisements for  
<br />bids, and  
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<br />WHEREAS 
<br />, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-057 adopted March 9,  
<br />2021, the bid of Kuechle Underground Inc. of Kimball, Minnesota, in the amount of $771,913.13  
<br />for the construction of the said improvements was accepted; the Mayor and city Administrator  
<br />were authorized and directed to enter into a contract with said bidder for the construction of said  
<br />improvements for and on behalf of the City of Ramsey; and   
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<br />WHEREAS,  
<br />pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-128, adopted May 25,  
<br />2021, Kuechle Underground, Inc. incorporated the Dolomite Street Demolition work, as well as  
<br />furnishing and installing 19 water gate valve boxes, in the amount of $73,988.48 into their contract  
<br />for the Riverdale Drive Reconstruction project per Supplemental Agreement #1; and  
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<br />WHEREAS 
<br />, as of July 27, 2021 $272,573.66 has been paid to date; and  
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<br />WHEREAS 
<br />, the Engineer Technician IV has inspected the completed work and  
<br />recommends partial payment No. 3 to Kuechle Underground, Inc. of Kimball, Minnesota for  
<br />Improvement Project #21-00 Riverdale Drive Reconstruction, from Feldspar Street to Sunfish  
<br />Lake Boulevard, in the amount of $385,690.39  
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<br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
<br />RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows:  
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