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<br />Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption:  
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<br />RESOLUTION #22-121  
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<br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT TO KUECHLE UNDERGROUND,  
<br />INC. FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #21-00, RIVERDALE DRIVE  
<br />RECONSTRUCTION, FELDSPAR STREET TO SUNFISH LAKE BOULEVARD  
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<br />WHEREAS, 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, 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, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #21-022 adopted January 26,  
<br />2021, the City Council approved final plans and specifications as prepared by Bolton & Menk,  
<br />Inc. and authorized advertisements for bids for the construction of Improvement Project #21-00;  
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<br />WHEREAS, 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, 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, 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, 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, as of May 24, 2022 $788,177.74 has been paid to date; and  
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<br />WHEREAS, the Engineer Technician IV has inspected the completed work and  
<br />recommends final payment to Kuechle Underground, Inc. of Kimball, Minnesota for Improvement  
<br />Project #21-00 Riverdale Drive Reconstruction, from Feldspar Street to Sunfish Lake Boulevard,  
<br />in the amount of $59,180.04.  
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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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