DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Second Contract Amendment With Eureka Construction Incorporated For Fischer Trailhead Construction, County Project 2000237
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the 2024–2028 Parks Capital Improvement Program Budget includes a project to design and construct a trailhead along Fischer Avenue within Spring Lake Park Reserve; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 24-133 (March 12, 2024), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners awarded a contract with Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Inc. for the design and related construction administration services; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 24-426 (August 27, 2024), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the schematic design as presented by County staff; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 25-335 (July 8, 2025), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners awarded the general construction contract to Eureka Construction Incorporated in an amount not to exceed $4,235,960; and
WHEREAS, additional scopes emerged during construction, including cold weather acceleration to accommodate the delayed schedule due to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise review; the difference between actual material quantities used and the assumed unit-price quantities in the bid documents; complications in roof fabrication; and unknown existing site conditions; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2026, County staff executed the first contract amendment to increase the contract with Eureka Construction, Incorporated by $190,198 to a total of $4,426,158; and
WHEREAS, now that the project has been completed, an amendment of $65,936 is needed to pay for all remaining additional construction work.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Manager, or delegate, to execute a second contract amendment to increase the contract with Eureka Construction, Incorporated by $65,936 to a total of $4,492,094, subject to approval by the ...
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