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Resolution to Approve a Contract with Margolis Companies for Bluffs Park Entry Improvements ($49,998.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve a $49,998.00 contract with Margolis Companies, Inc. to perform entry improvements for Bluffs Park.
Bluffs Park is a 40 acre natural area bordered by Main Street, Huron View Blvd, and Sunset Road. Access to this large natural area has been challenging, as the only street bordering the park was on a busy section of north Main Street. In 2010 the City acquired property from Sunset Road to the south entrance of Bluffs Park. This project creates a pedestrian path, removes an existing parking lot that is only accessible from the neighboring property, creates a stormwater basin, provides landscaping with trees and prairie planting, and creates a welcoming park entrance. Because this new entrance is primarily to serve neighbors of the park as well as mountain bicyclists, staff determined that on street parking would be adequate.
A public meeting was held in February 2012, and additionally staff met with the adjacent neighbors to the park, including the Elks lodge. The neighbors who attended were in favor of creating access and improving the landscape.
The Parks and Recreation Open Space Plan includes the goal to ‘provide physical connections such as walkways, bikeways, trails between City parks, and access to parks from adjacent neighborhoods where opportunities exist and strive to create linkages where they are lacking. This improvement meets the goal by creating access to a park that was previously only accessible by trespassing on private property, or from a busy street with no parking.
Bids were received from five contractors:
Margolis Contracting $49,998.00*
Fonson, Inc. $62,347.00
JB Contracting $72,295.60
Erie Construction $78,612.16
Eagle Construction $163,770.00
*Lowest Responsible Bid
Staff is recommending awarding a contract to Margolis Companies, Inc. in the ...
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