DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Contract With Eureka Construction, Inc. To Provide General Contractor Services For Spring Lake Park Reserve Fischer Avenue Trailhead Project
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize award and execution of contract with Eureka Construction, Inc., to provide general contractor services for the Spring Lake Park Reserve (SLPR) Fischer Avenue Trailhead Project in an amount not to exceed $4,235,959.55.
SUMMARY
The 2024-2028 Parks Capital Improvement Program (CIP) adopted budget includes a project to design and construct a trailhead along Fischer Avenue within SLPR. The project will provide a destination for people traveling along the All-American Great River Road, which provides access to SLPR, its trail network, and amenities such as the newly created Bison Range. Specifically, the project will include improvements to Fischer Avenue, a new parking lot with accessible parking stalls, a bus drop-off lane, and a picnic shelter with restrooms. New paved trail connections will link the trailhead to the Mississippi River Greenway and form a Bison Range interpretive trail loop.
The Fischer Avenue trailhead received federal funds from the National Scenic Byways Program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) acts as Dakota County's agent in accepting federal funds on Dakota County's behalf for the construction.
By Resolution No. 24-133 (March 12, 2024), the County Board approved the award of professional services with Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Inc., to conduct design services for the project. In addition to addressing the County's comments, staff and design consultants have worked with MnDOT to address the comments received during the review process. This includes relocating the trailhead further east along Fischer Avenue to avoid construction on sensitive habitat. Design consultants have incorporated all comments into an updated design and obtained the Board's...
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