DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Construction Contract With McNamara Contracting Inc. And Amend Design Contract With Stonebrooke Engineering, Inc. To Provide Additional Design In City Of Lakeville, County Project 9-64
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Award bid and authorize a contract with McNamara Contracting Inc. for County Project (CP) 09-64 in the City of Lakeville (City).
* Authorization to amend design contract with Stonebrooke Engineering, Inc. to provide additional design.
SUMMARY
Dakota County and the City of Lakeville are collaborating on CP 9-64 to reconstruct Dodd Boulevard from east of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 23 (Cedar Avenue) to CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) in 2024. By Resolution No. 22-398 (September 20, 2022), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the execution of a jurisdictional transfer agreement for CSAH 9 and the acceptance of a quit-claim deed for the right of way from the City of Lakeville for 179th Street. Dakota County completed CP 9-56 in 2023, which involved constructing a new four-lane divided alignment of CSAH 9 (179th Street) from Hayes Avenue to CSAH 23. County Projects 9-56 and 9-64 are part of a jurisdictional transfer agreement between the County and the City.
Upon completing CP 9-56 and CP 9-64 improvements, the City and County will transfer the jurisdiction of 179th Street from the City to the County and CSAH 9 from the County to the City. The improvements to Dodd Boulevard bring it up to municipal state aid standards. The county and a city have agreed on the highway improvement in lieu of providing financial payment for jurisdictional transfers based on need. Dodd Boulevard will operate more as a city street with addition of turn lanes and shoulders, lane narrowing, and construction of pedestrian facilities. These improvements will enhance traffic patterns and safety, convert Dodd Boulevard to a city roadway, and provide enhanced east...
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