Title
Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to Strawser Construction, Inc. (ITB. 4478, $3,900,794.97) for the 2017 Street Surface Treatment Project, and Appropriate $2,759,862.00 from Unobligated Major Street Fund Balance and $276,000.00 from Unobligated Local Street Fund Balance (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration for approval, please find a resolution to authorize the award of a construction contract to Strawser Construction, Inc. for $3,900,794.97 for the application of surface treatments on various major and local streets located throughout the City. The resolution also requests the appropriation of unobligated fund balance in the amounts of $2,759,862.00 from the Major Street Fund and $276,000.00 from the Local Street Fund.
Scope and Schedule
The 2017 Street Surface Treatments Project includes micro-surfacing and cape sealing surface treatment applications on approximately seven (7) major streets and thirty-six (36) local streets citywide. Attached, is a list of streets and a map showing the proposed work locations. The schedule anticipates for construction to begin in early August 2017 and be complete by June 30, 2018. The Contractor will provide an exact schedule for each street, as required, to coordinate with planned City and other area construction projects, events such as U of M home football games, in-session school days, and applicable holiday periods.
Staff develops the Street Surface Treatments Project as a unit price contract with the understanding that the actual quantities used in construction will vary. Reflecting this flexibility, this allows for removal of any street(s) on the proposed list for any reason, and substitution with any other street(s) within the City. Depletion of available funds prior to the completion of all the streets on the list will result in termination the construction contract and deferral of the balance of the streets to a future surface treatments project. Conversely, t...
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