City Council Resolution 2011-20CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-20
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND
AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR
CSAH 75 PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS AND PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS;
CITY PROJECT NO. 100010
WHEREAS, pursuant to a motion approved by the City Council on December 13, 2010, which
approved the preparation of final plans and specifications for the CSAH 75 pedestrian underpass
and pathway improvements for the purpose of allowing the City to bid said improvements as an
alternate bid in conjunction with Wright County's CSAH 75 reconstruction project, the City
Engineer has prepared plans and specifications for said improvements including:
Construction of a 10' x 14' concrete box culvert across CSAH 75, west of West River
Street, which will serve as a pedestrian underpass, as well as all associated drainage
improvements including the construction of ponds and storm sewer culverts.
Construction of bituminous pathway segments to connect the pedestrian underpass to
existing amenities in the area including pathways, ball fields and park lands.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for
approval;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELL0,
MINNESOTA:
1. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is on file in the offices of the City Clerk
and the Wright County Engineer, are hereby approved.
2. The Wright County Engineer shall prepare and cause to be inserted in their official paper
and in the Construction Bulletin and/or Finance & Commerce publication(s) an
advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvements under such approved plans
and specifications. The advertisement shall be published no less than three weeks before
the last day for submission of bids, once in the County's legal publication and at least
once in either a newspaper published in a city of the first class or a trade paper. To be
eligible as a trade paper, a publication shall have all the qualifications of a legal
newspaper except that, instead of the requirement that it shall contain general and local
news, such trade paper shall contain building and construction news of interest to
contractors in this state, among whom it shall have a general circulation.
The advertisement shall specify the work to be done, and shall state that bids will be
opened at the time and place specified for the bid opening of Wright County's CSAH 75
reconstruction project, and that the award of the bid and the responsibility of the bidders
will be considered by the City Council at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting in
the Council Chambers of City Hall. Any bidder whose responsibility is questioned
during consideration of the bid will be given an opportunity to address the Council on the
issue of responsibility. No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the
County and accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check
payable to the County for 5% of the amount of such bid.
ADOPTED B Y the Monticello City Council this 28th day of March, 2011.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Clint Herbst, Mayo or
Brian Stumpf, Acting Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeff O' e' , ity Administrator