DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute First Amendment With Max Steininger, Inc. For Veterans Memorial Greenway Construction In Inver Grove Heights, County Project P00147
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WHEREAS, to provide high-quality recreational and educational opportunities in harmony with natural resource preservation and to honor Dakota County's more than 25,000 veterans, Dakota County is proceeding with the Veterans Memorial Greenway County Project (CP) P00147; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Memorial Greenway Phase I is the first segment of regional trail to be secured, designed, and constructed in order to connect the Mendota to Lebanon Greenway in Eagan to the Mississippi River Greenway in Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Memorial Greenway Phase I includes construction of two miles of trail starting 500' west of the intersection of Alameda Path and Cliff Road in Inver Grove Heights and extending east along Cliff Road through Flint Hills property and then ending at Rich Valley Park; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 24-188 (April 9, 2024), the County Board authorized the execution of a contract with Max Steininger Inc., for the construction of Phase I of the Veterans Memorial Greenway, CP P00147; and
WHEREAS, the project is now substantially complete with only minor items of work and turf establishment remaining; and
WHEREAS, the construction contract has increases of $598,476.58 or 22 percent over the original contract amount; and
WHEREAS, the construction cost increases include additional costs for excavation, grading, hauling, and quantity overruns for the trail base; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing a contract amendment with Max Steininger Inc. in the amount of $598,476.58 for construction cost increases; and
WHEREAS, the 2025 Park's Capital Improvement Program Budget has sufficient funds to accommodate the construction contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of ...
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