City Council Resolution 2012-50CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-050
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR 2012 RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
CITY PROJECT NO. 12C001
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Resolution approved by the City Council on April 9, 2012, the City
Engineer has prepared plans and specifications for the 2012 Rural Road Improvements described
as follows:
Improvements will be made to three rural road segments including Edmonson Avenue
from about 260' south of Chelsea Road to the south City limits; Fallon Avenue from
School Boulevard to Hunters Crossing; and Fenning Avenue from School Boulevard to
85`h Street NE. Improvements to Edmonson Avenue and Fallon Avenue will include
reclaiming and repaving the pavement sections, installing new striping and signing, and
other appurtenant improvements.
Improvements will also be made to two pathway segments including segment #1, located
in the Oak Ridge Estates development just north of Jason Avenue; and segment #2
located on the Oak Ridge Estates and Meadow Oak 4h Addition developments between
Oakview Lane and Meadow Lane NE. Improvements to the pathway segments will
include reclaiming and repaving the pavement sections, along with drainage, grading, turf
establishment, and other appurtenant improvements.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for
approval;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO,
MINNESOTA:
1. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk,
are hereby approved.
The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper and in the Star
Tribune and/or Construction Bulletin an advertisement for bid upon the making of such
improvement 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
City'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 10 a.m. on June 21, 2012, and that the award of the bid and the responsibility
of the bidders will be considered by the City Council at 7 p.m. on June 25, 2012 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 Clerk and
accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check payable to
the City for 5% of the amount of such bid.
ADOPTED BY-the Monticello City Council this 29th day of May, 2012.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Clint Herbst, Mayor
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