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Resolution to Extend the Construction Contract with Strawser Construction, Inc. (ITB No. 4530, $3,255,000.00) for the FY2020 Street Surface Treatment Project, and to Appropriate $1,476,263.00 from the Major Street Fund and $1,264,382.00 from the Local Street Fund (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
As background, the City awarded Strawser Construction, Inc. ("Strawser") a construction contract for the FY2019 Street Surface Treatment Project. That contract contemplated and allowed a one-year extension by mutual agreement.
Accordingly, attached for your approval is a resolution to authorize extension and amendment of Strawser's contract by $3,255,000.00 for the FY2020 Street Surface Treatment Project, which consists of the application of surface treatments on various "Major" and "Local" City streets.
This Project will includes micro-surfacing and cape-sealing pavement preservation applications on approximately 5 major and 50 local streets (see attached list and maps). The Project's schedule anticipates construction beginning on or after July 1, 2019 with the majority of work being completed during the 2019 construction season and any remaining work being completed by June 30, 2020. Strawser 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.
The current contract and any extension or amendment will be a unit price contract. Actual construction quantities may vary. This arrangement allows for removal, addition and substitution of streets as appropriate. 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, the City may add additional streets if the available budget allows.
Based on its performance with current ...
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