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Resolution to Approve a Construction Contract with Catskill Remedial Contracting Services, Inc. for the Liberty Street Creek Restoration Project (RFP 25-53; $838,592.43)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a construction contract between the City of Ann Arbor and Catskill Remedial Contracting Services, Inc. (Catskill) in the amount of $838,592.43 for the Liberty Street Creek Restoration Project (RFP 25-53).
The scope of this project includes reshaping and stabilizing 467 linear feet of a tributary branch of the Allen Creek within a platted public utility easement in the Fair Glen and Liberty Knolls subdivisions. The site is within a wooded area north of West Liberty Street, behind the condominiums, and south of Glendale Circle between Virginia Park and the privately owned Manchester West Apartments Drive. Construction access and staging will primarily be along Virginia Park's southern and western property lines, where invasive species will be removed and replaced with dense native species landscape as part of the project.
The project consists of needed maintenance of the existing creek bed to remove sediment and other debris but also addresses severe bank erosion that threatens the grade and trees adjacent to the creek. Therefore, the work includes restoration of the creek width and installation of storm water quality features that dissipate energy, prevent erosion, and capture sediment. The site will be restored with numerous trees to mitigate the tree removal required to access the creek.
The construction of the project is scheduled to begin in mid-March and be completed in July 2026.
Engineering staff supervised the creation of plans and contract documents and bid the project through the City's Procurement Unit. On January 13, 2026, four proposals were received for this work. A selection committee comprised of Public Services staff reviewed the proposals and determined which bidder was the Best Valu...
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