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Cost Split Meeting
February 22, 2005
Mn/DOT Office — St Cloud
8:30 AM
February 28, 2005
Cc: Jeff O'Neill, Rick Wotfsteller - Monticello
Bret Weiss, Doug Weiszhaar, Brandi Popenhagen - WSB
Virgil Hawkins, Wayne Fingalson — Wright County
Bob Miller — Mn/DOT
Re: CSAH 18-I 94 Interchange
Monticello, MN - Wright County
City Project 2004-01 C
SP 8680-138
WSB No. 1546-09
Attendees:
Name
Representing
Phone
E-mail
Chad Hausmann
Mn/DOT
320 654 5446
Chad.hausmann dot. state. mn.us
Terry Humbert
Mn/DOT
320 654 5520
Terry. humbertdot. state. inn.us
Jamie Hukriede
Mn/DOT
218 8282549
Jamie.hukriede dot. state. mn.us
Nancy Hanzlik
WSB
763 287 8303
nhanzlik wsben .com
Derek Schmidt
WSB
763 287 8303
dschmidt wsben .com
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting was to discuss status of the Cost Split for
Cooperative Construction Agreement Memo distributed February 2, 2005.
Discussion Items:
1. Mn/DOT concurred with the cost split calculation for the bridge pay items.
2. Mn/DOT concurred with the project limits for cost participation as described in the
calculations.
3. Mn/DOT would prefer to have a lump sum cost participation in the cooperative
agreement to simplify the tracking of pay items during construction. This will be
discussed at a future meeting with Doug Weiszhaar since the previous meeting on
December 23, 2004 did not include a lump sum payment for construction costs from
Mn/DOT.
4. Percentages for Prorata Items, (mobilization, field office, field lab, traffic control,
freeway and other signing not directly tied to an alignment, portable changeable
message sign) should be based on the percentage of agency participation on the total
project. WSB will revise the split on these items accordingly.
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5. The relocation of the billboards is negotiated during the right-of-way process.
Mn/DOT prefers to offer a $25,000 lump sum for the relocation of the billboard in
the ramp area. There will not be a pay item for the access road since it is intended
that the access would be along the grass pond maintenance bench. The removal of
the foundations will remain in the cost estimate and Mn/DOT will pay for the
billboard foundations in the ramp area. This item will also be discussed with Doug
Weiszhaar at a future meeting since the cost may be on a lump sum basis.
6. Jamie is expediting the right-of-way agreement at the request of Tom Scott. The
right-of-way agreement may be used in the condemnation proceedings for the AVR
facility. The right-of-way cost participation is based on the ramp and pond
participation percentages.
7. WSB will contact Bob Nibbe to determine if the hydraulic cost participation should
be based on flow rate or volume. References in the calculations and associated map
should be made to generic parcel/area callouts rather than to actual parcel owners.
8. Chad will notify Nancy if the existing permanent changeable message sign located
just west of the pedestrian bridge has to be relocated.
9. The calculation and basic assumptions for the determination of earthwork
percentages was discussed as follows:
• Mn/DOT would like to have some type of guarantee that the excavated
material will be suitable for use as backfill material. WSB and Braun have
reviewed the soil borings and believe that the excess material will be suitable
for backfill material. The material excavated in the concrete wash -out area
may have to be processed on site. No guarantees can be made since soil is
always an unknown on a constriction project. This will be handled with a
special provision in the plans stating the requirements of the excavated
material for use as backfill.
• The previously agreed to method to generate the cost participation percentage
for earthwork was to use the area outside of the CSAH 18 alignments.
Mn/DOT no longer believes that this method represents accurate values for
percent participation calculation. They agreed to this method to simplify the
calculations only during preliminary design, not to be used in the final design
calculations. This was not stated at the earlier cost participation meeting on
December 23, 2004. Reasons for Mn/DOT's concern include: the 6 foot
berm behind the curb that would not be required for the 2-lane rural section
and the fact that the roadway is widened to the east side. Mn/DOT would
prefer to have WSB design a 2 lane rural section and compare the earthwork
volumes. This item will be discussed at the future meeting with Doug
Weiszhaar since the level of effort required to redesign the roadway as a two
lane rural section is not a minor one.
• WSB does not intend to include any excess topsoil pay item in the
construction document. Excess topsoil will be wasted in the inslopes.
• Excavated material volume is based on excavated volume and borrow is
based on compacted volume in the construction documents.
10. Terry would like to confirm the county cost participation percentage. Terry believes
that half of the 36.5% (Mn/DOT's participation) should go directly to the County.
Nancy will provide the information from the County stating that the County
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participation is based on their current policy (up to 80% of the construction cost),
with a cap of $2,000,000.
11. In general, Mn/DOT would prefer to see a detailed Schedule I included in the
Cooperative Agreement with individual pay times cost participation percentages
broken down by roadway alignment. The percentage determined using the bid price
will be used as the lump sum payment from Mn/DOT on the project. WSB would
like to maintain the original agreement that included Mn/DOT's participation in
over -runs and under -runs that occur during construction. This will be discussed at a
future meeting with Doug Weiszhaar.
12. Handouts for the February 23 PAC/TAC meeting were discussed: WSB will not
distribute the Cost Participation Spreadsheet, Construction Cost Participation Layout
Exhibit or the Right -of -Way Cost Participation Exhibit at the meeting. WSB will
revise the Easement/Right-of-way/Ownership Transfer Exhibit to indicate
"Potential" rather than "Future" jurisdictional transfer. WSB will distribute the
Selected Construction Projects 2005-2006 and revised Easement/Right-of-
way/Ownership Transfer Exhibit only.
13. Dan Prather and Dave Hall will be in attendance at the PAC/TAC meeting to discuss
the bridge aesthetics.
14. District 3 staff is OK with installing the bullpen in the median of I-94 to protect the
traffic from the pedestrian and roadway bridge piers.
15. Chad will contact Marilyn Remer of Mn/DOT to discuss the installation of private
utilities on the bridge.
These minutes were prepared by Nancy Hanzlik. Please provide your corrections to her on
or before March 14, 2005.
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