City Council Resolution 2016-45CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-045
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE TH 25/7 TH STREET INTERSECTION
IMPROVEMENTS, CITY PROJECT NO. 15CO04
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolution approved by the City Council on January 11, 2016, the City
Engineer has prepared plans and specifications for the TH 25 and 71h Street Intersection Project
described as follows:
7`1 Street East:
• Reconstruct bituminous pavement between TH 25 and Cedar Street
• Construct a right turn lane and relocate sidewalk along westbound 7th Street
between TH 25 and Cedar Street
• Install 6 -foot wide concrete sidewalk on the south side of 7th Street from TH 25 to
Cedar Street, adjacent to Perkins, Americinn and Taco Bell
• Signal Improvements including flashing yellow arrows at the TH 25 approaches
with center left turn lane striping on 7th Street between TH 25 and Cedar Street
• Complete streetscape improvements along 7th Street between TH 25 and Cedar
Street and along 6th Street adjacent to the modular block retaining wall
TH 25:
• Construct northbound and southbound right turn lanes at 7th Street
• Signal improvements including flashing yellow arrows at the 7th Street approaches
• Complete streetscape improvements along the TH 25 corridor between 7th Street
and 6th Street
• Construct City entrance monument /plaza at the northeast corner of TH 25 and 7th
Street
• Install 6- foot -wide concrete sidewalk and boulevard treatments on the west side
from 7th Street to 6"' Street
• Install 8- foot -wide concrete sidewalk and boulevard treatments on the east side
from 7th Street to 6th Street
• Install modular block retaining wall north on the east side north and south of 7th
Street to match the recently constructed wall along 7` Street adjacent to Hillside
cemetery
And other necessary appurtenance work, and improvements.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for
approval;
NO W THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED B Y THE CITY CO UNCIL OF MONTICELL 0,
MINNESOTA:
1. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk,
are hereby approved.
2. 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 August 4, 2016 and that the award of the bid and the responsibility
of the bidders will be considered by the City Council at 6:30 p.m. on August 8, 2016 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 11 t" day of July, 2016
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Brian Stumpf, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeff O' . e' ity Administrator