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Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project_Hearing Copyrighted January 7, 2019 City of Dubuque Public Hearings # 3. ITEM TITLE: Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project SUMMARY: Proof of Publication on notice of public hearing to consider plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project and the City Manager recommending approval. RESOLUTION Approval of plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Adopt Resolution(s) ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project-MVM City Manager Memo Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Resolution Resolutions Proofs of Publication and Notice to Bidders Supporting Documentation THE CITY OF Dubuque � AIFA�erlwGh UB E '�� III► Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°'�w'2 7A13 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project, Public Hearing [CIPs 2642769, 7202769, and 3402769] DATE: December 29, 2018 City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends City Council approval of the plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost of$30,208,431 for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project. Funding Source Amount HUD CDBG NDR Grant $10,563,823 U.S. EPA Clean Water SRF 16,300,000 State Sales Tax Increment Funding 2,629,949 State Sales Tax Increment Bond 714,659 Total $30,208,431 I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. �L;� 1��, ��,�� Mic ael C. Van Milligen �� MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer THE CITY OF Dubuque DuB E � NI-AmericaCity Masterpiece on the Mississippi � � � � �� znm.zmi•zaia•zm� TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer SUBJECT: Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project, Initiate Bidding and Set Public Hearing [CIPs 2642769, 7202769, and 3402769] DATE: December 26, 2018 INTRODUCTION The enclosed resolution is in reference to the public hearing for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project (Project), the final contract associated with the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project (Phase 7 of the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project). BACKGROUND Since 1999 there has been six Presidential Disaster Declarations which included the Bee Branch Creek Watershed. The Drainage Basin Master Plan, completed and adopted by the City Council in 2001, established that there are more than 1,100 properties at risk of flood damage as a result of the flash flooding. Based on a subsequent study in 2009 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), there are 1,373 properties in the flood prone area. In addition to homes, there are over 70 businesses in the at-risk area with over $500 million in annual sales. Eighty -five percent (85 %) of the impacted properties have buildings that are potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. In fact, fifty-seven percent (57%) of the buildings are more than 100 years old. The flood prone area in the Bee Branch Watershed encompasses historic neighborhoods offering some of the community's most affordable workforce housing. Most residents are working families, many are elderly -- those least likely to recover from repetitive flood loss. Repetitive flood damage leads to disinvestment; from 2004 to 2009, while commercial property values grew by 39% citywide, they fell by 6% in the Bee Branch Watershed flood prone area. Since 2001, the City has implemented many of the improvements outlined in the Drainage Basin Master Plan. But since 2001 several intense, storm events have occurred in the Dubuque metropolitan area so that revisiting the predicted hydrology and hydraulic behavior of the Bee Branch Watershed was appropriate. Over a twelve year period starting in 1999, there have been three 100-year storms, two 50-year storms, one 25-year storm, and one 10-year storm. Finally, it is important to consider how additional flood mitigation efforts undertaken by the City since 2001 fit with the overall effort to mitigate flooding. Therefore, work began to update/amend the Drainage Basin Master Plan. On November 18, 2013 the City Council passed Resolution 335-13 adopting the 2013 Drainage Basin Master Plan Amendment. The 2013 Amendment did not replace the 2001 Drainage Basin Master Plan. Instead, it built upon its foundation. The amended Drainage Basin Master Plan outlined several improvements throughout the Bee Branch watershed to mitigate the effects of future flooding and disasters. Collectively, the improvements form the basis of the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project outlined in Table 1 below. Table 1. Twelve phases of the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project Phase Description 1 Carter Road Detention Basin Complete 2 West 32"d Street Detention Basin Complete 3 Historic Millwork District Complete 4 Lower Bee Branch Creek Restoration Complete 5 Flood Mitigation Gate Replacement 6 Impervious Surtace Reduction (Green Alleys) Under Construction 7 Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Partially Complete' g 22"a Street Storm Sewer Improvements Under Construction 9 Flood Mitigation Maintenance Facility 10 North End Storm Sewer Improvements 11 Water Plant Flood Protection 12 17�h Street Storm Sewer Improvements Under Construction 'Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project includes improvements through the railroad property at 506 Garfield Avenue also known as the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project The Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project will prevent an estimated $582 million in damages over the 100-year design life of the project. Due to the contributions of local, state, and federal funding partners, Dubuque citizens will see a return on their investment of more than $8 for each $1 spent. The Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project represents a multi - phased, fiscally responsible investment. It reflects a holistic approach to mitigate flooding as it will also improve water quality, stimulate investment, and enhance the quality of life of watershed residents. On December 4, 2013, the lowa Flood Mitigation Board voted to approve the City's use of$98,494,178 for the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project — a multiphased, fiscally responsible investment that reflects a holistic approach to mitigate flooding as it will also improve water quality, stimulate investment, and enhance the quality of life of watershed residents. The funding allows much of the protection to be provided over the next six years, instead of over the next 20 years (only some of the 240 alleys will take up to 20 years). 2 On February 3, 2014 the City Council adopted Resolution 31-14 authorizing the execution of an agreement with the State of lowa Flood Mitigation Board and authorizing the City's use of sales tax increment funding for the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project. On March 5, 2014 the City Council passed Ordinance 16-14 establishing the stormwater utility fee rate structure necessary to fund the various phases and improvements associated with the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project. The result was that the lowering of rates previously established by Ordinance 21-12 in Fiscal Years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 . A comparison the current Stormwater Utility rates established via Ordinance 16-14 to the previously adopted rates established via Ordinance 21-12 are outlined in Table 2 below. Table 2. Comparison of the current Stormwater Utility rates established via Ordinance 16-14 to the previously adopted rates established via Ordinance 21-12. FY22 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 & Beyond Rates Established by $g 00 $8.50 $9.00 $9.00 $9.00 $9.00 $9.00 $9.00 Ordinance 21-12 Current Rates Established by $5.98 $6.38 $6.81 $7.27 $7.76 $8.29 $8.85 $9.00 Ordinance 16-14 In December of 2004, the City Council adopted the alignment for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project based on the work and recommendation of the Bee Branch Citizen Advisory Committee. The adopted alignment crossed the railroad yard at 506 Garfield Avenue now owned by Canadian Pacific. In August of 2008, the City Council authorized the hiring of Strand & Associates (Madison, WI), in association with IIW Engineers (Dubuque, IA) and Ken Saiki Design (Madison, WI), to prepare the final design of the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project which included the section through the railroad property at 506 Garfield Ave. CP's January of 2015 response was considered a conditional approval of the design, citing four minor issues for the City to address. While the City was in a position to move forward negotiating a Construction Agreement with CP and possibly moving forward with the improvements through CP property, doing so would have delayed the upstream improvements such that the City would risk the loss of$4 million in grant funding (EDA, IDOT, & RECAT). Therefore, the City proceeded with completing the Upper Bee Branch Creek project upstream of the railroad property. Completed through multiple contracts, again due to funding, the City proceeded with the construction of the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project. In May of 2015, the 3 City Council adopted Resolution 176-15 awarding the contract for the Upper Bee Branch Creek — Channel, Streets, & Utilities Project. In May of 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 177-15 awarding the contract for the Upper Bee Branch Creek — Structures Project. In October of 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 351-15 awarding the contract for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Mississippi River Trail Project, the third contract associated with the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project. In December of 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 422-15 awarding the contract for the Bee Branch Creek Basin Overlook & 22"d Street Parking Lot Project, the fourth and final contract associated with the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project. The improvements were substantially complete by July of 2017. One of the consequences of moving forward with the construction of improvements upstream of CP property is that some of the improvements that were to be constructed as part of the plans previously reviewed by CP were constructed as part of the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project. Therefore, the plans and specifications (bidding and construction documents) for the improvements through CP property needed to be reworked and re-designed to a certain extent to reflect the improvements in place as a result of the Project. Because of the improvements now in place, the size and nature of some of the improvements previously required are no longer necessary. For example, the transition structure and the level control structure could be reduced in size which would result in cost savings. In April of 2015, the City Council authorized a partnership with lowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) regarding the State's submission of the first phase of the competition to secure US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) funding. The hope was to secure funding to help mitigate the flooding in the Bee Branch Watershed. Based on the first phase application, IEDA (and the City) was invited to proceed to phase II of the competition. In November of 2015, the City Council authorized the submission of an application for HUD NDRC funding for the (Upper) Bee Branch Railroad Culvert Infrastructure Improvements. In January 2016, the State was awarded $95.7 million in HUD National Disaster Resiliency Competition grant funds. Per the award, the City of Dubuque is to receive $8.4 million for a comprehensive "Bee Branch Healthy Homes Resiliency Program" to help residents address residual impacts from the flooding experienced within the Bee Branch Watershed. The City is also to receive $23.1 million for storm water infrastructure improvements associated with the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project. The infrastructure improvements included the (Upper) Bee Branch Railroad Culvert Infrastructure Improvements through Canadian Pacific property at 506 Gartield Ave. In order to remain eligible for the HUD funding for the Bee Branch Railroad Culvert improvements, the City had to delay moving forward towards developing the final design 4 of the improvements or move forward with acquiring property necessary for the project. The City first had to wait until a grant agreement was in place. In addition, the City had to follow the HUD rules and regulations as they relate to procuring engineering and legal services. In October of 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution 362-16 authorizing the execution of a contract with the lowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) in order for the City to utilize $23,293,253.00 in HUD National Disaster Resiliency Competition grant funds for the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project with $9,000,000 specifically for the proposed culverts from the Lower Bee Branch Creek, through Canadian Pacific Railway property, to the Upper Bee Branch north of Garfield Avenue. This phase of the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project is also referred to as the Bee Branch Railroad Culvert Infrastructure Improvements Project. The contract with IEDA requires that the City complete all of the improvements by June of 2021 . In March of 2017, in accordance with HUD requirements, the City executed a new contract with Strand to provide engineering design services as required for the Upper Bee Branch Railroad Culvert Infrastructure Improvements Project. In June of 2017, the City Council authorized the hiring of Ahlers & Cooney law firm to provide legal services pertaining to the negotiations with CP and other property acquisitions necessary for the Bee Branch Railroad Culvert Infrastructure Improvements Project. In July of 2017, the City and CP executed the Amended and Substituted Service Agreement reflecting the current approach to install the tunneled culvert system and establishing a new expiration date of December 31 , 2018. Under the terms of the original agreement, the City paid CP $100,499.56 for their reimbursable expenses. Per the amendment, both agreed that reimbursable expenses for CP services incurred after December 30, 2014 shall not exceed $50,000, unless agreed upon through a subsequent amendment. DISCUSSION The Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project (Project) represents the final contract associated with the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project (Phase 4 & 7 of the Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project). The improvements will allow for the efficient flow of floodwaters from the recently completed upper Bee Branch Creek improvements, through the railroad yard on Garfield Avenue, to the lower Bee Branch Creek. Since 2007, the City has been corresponding with the owner of the Dubuque Works rail yard at 506 Garfield Avenue. During that time, ownership of the railroad changed hands two times. The current owner, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), took control in 2010. For the past eight years, the City has attempted to design improvements through CP property such that the construction of the improvements would not "unreasonably interfere" with CP's operation of their railroad. To that end, the Project involves the 5 installation of six, 8-foot diameter culverts under the railroad tracks using tunneling methods. This will allow the railroad operation to continue unimpeded by the construction of the Project. In addition to the culverts under the railroad tracks, the Project includes the extension of the box culverts installed under Gartield Avenue as part of the upper Bee Branch Creek improvements to a new buried junction chamber, or transition structure where the flow from the upper Bee Branch Creek will join with flow from the Bee Branch storm sewer from Pine Street. The combined flow will then flow under the railroad tracks through the tunneled pipes mentioned previously into the lower Bee Branch Creek. An outfall structure will be constructed where the water will flow into the lower Bee Branch Creek. This will include a headwall for the culverts, a flood gate with pump station to control the depth of water in the upper Bee Branch Creek, topped by a concrete pad that will allow access to the culverts and gate from above while also providing a plaza area for citizens to overlook the lower Bee Branch Creek. The Project also incorporates the existing box culverts underneath the railroad tracks into the flood control system. The design will allow the existing box culverts to serve dual functions: flood control and as a hike/bike path under the railroad tracks. A path will be graded down from Garfield Avenue to function as a spillway should floodwaters overflow within the upper Bee Branch Creek. But it will also serve as surface access to the existing box culverts for maintenance and for a public hike/bike path. In addition to retaining walls, the Project also includes lighting and security cameras. In addition to the base bid, the Project is being bid with four "additive" alternative bid items that could be awarded in the order listed based on the availability of City funds. They are as follows: Bid Alternate 1 - Additional Landscaping and Amenities Cost Estimate: $159,639.00 While the base bid includes the establishment of a minimum amount of landscaping and vegetation, this bid alternative includes additional planters, a mulch path along the west side of the Bee Branch to 16�h Street, additional bike racks, benches, where the new culverts will discharge into the Bee Branch Creek. Bid Alternate 2 — Site Furnishings Cost Estimate: $140,572.00 The additional site furnishings include shade structures and enhanced, architectural seating areas that would help create a sense of place at the new plaza area that will overlook the lower Bee Branch Creek. Bid Alternate 3 — Trail and Additional Tunnel Modifications Cost Estimate: $468,880.00 6 The base bid includes the work to grade and construct the necessary retaining walls that would allow for the use of the existing box culverts for both flood control and a hike/bike trail under the railroad tracks, connecting the lower and upper Bee Branch Creek trail systems. The Bid Alternative 3 improvements involve the actual construct the hike/bike trail, things such as paving the trail, improvements to the box culverts to make them suitable for a trail, and adding tunnel lighting and cameras. Bid Alternative 4 — Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Cost Estimate: $2,559,400.00 This involves the installation of a 36-inch diameter sanitary sewer from the lower Bee Branch Creek to the sewer on Gartield Avenue installed as part of the upper Bee Branch Creek construction project. Currently, the flow from the existing sanitary sewer flows under the box culverts on Garfield Avenue through a siphon. Construction of the new sewer will allow the City to eliminate the need for a siphon. This work can be bid as an alternate because it can be done at a later date based on funding availability. PROJECT SCHEDULE The proposed schedule for the Project is as follows: Initiate Public Bidding Process December 17, 2018 Publish Notice to Bidders, Advertise for Bids December 21 , 2018 Publish Public Hearing Notice on Plans & Specs December 21 , 2018 Public Hearing on Plans & Specifications January 7, 2019 Receipt of Bid Proposals (Bid Letting) January 22, 2019 Award Construction Contract February 4, 2019 Improvements Functional Summer of 2020 Final Project Completion Date June 30, 2021 RECOMMENDATION I recommend that the City Council approve the plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project. BUDGETIMPACT The estimate of probable cost for Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project is as follows: Construction $25,582,982.00 Contingency (5°k) 1 ,279,149.00 Property Acquisitions 410,000.00 Engineering 2,936,300.00 Total Project Cost $30,208,431.00 The project funding is summarized as follows: 7 Funding Source Amount HUD CDBG NDR Grant $10,563,823' U.S. EPA Clean Water SRF Loan 16,300,OOOz'3 State Sales Tax Increment Funding 2,629,949 State Sales Tax Increment Bond 714,659 Total $30,208,431 �Allocating $10,563,823 of HUD funding to the railroad culvert improvements will leave $12,536,177 for the 22"' & Kaufmann Storm Sewer Improvements Project and the 17'"&W. Locust Street Storm Sewer Improvements Project which is $1,563,823 less than planned such that it may impact the construction limits of these improvements. z$16.3 million is the maximum amount of SRF debt the City will utilize. Through the FY20 budget process, the City is looking at using stormwater utility fee revenue to minimize the amount of the SRF debt. 3The U.S. EPA Clean Water SRF loan will be paid back using stormwater utility fee revenue. ACTION TO BE TAKEN The City Council is requested to approve the plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project through the adoption of the enclosed resolutions. Attachments Prepared by Deron Muehring cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Barry Lindahl, Senior Corporation Counsel Jenny Larson, Budget Director John Klostermann, Public Works Director Steve Brown, Project Manager Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer 8 RESOLUTION NO. 19-19 APPROVAL OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE UPPER BEE BRANCH CREEK RAILROAD CULVERTS PROJECT NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: That the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the Upper Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culverts Project, in the estimated amount $30,208,431.00, are hereby approved. Passed, adopted and approved this the 7th day of January 2019. Attest: Kevin Firnstahl, Ci y Clerk oy D Buol, Mayor � STATE OF IOWA {SS: , DUBUQUE COUNTY ;, �1 � CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION �� Pro�ect is as.follows. �� Upper.,Bee Branch �� Creek Railr.oad Culuerts' II Project (GIP# 2642769, II #7202769, and #3402769). I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerlc for Woodward `aroie�'t�ons�sc5 of the' , °,construction oF two�12-� � Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher foot bv �o-foot c�P re- i; of the Tele ra h Herald, a news a er of eneral infor�ea �on��ete box � g P p P g culverts,trenchl'ess in- C1YCulat1o11 UbI1S11eCl lri t11e Clt Of Dubu Ue, COUrit stallation,:of s'ix 8-foot !� p Y � Y '.steel culverts and one�� l, of Dubu ue and State of Iowa; hereb certif that the `4s-'n�" steei '�as'ng q y y across the CPR RR !j yard, one CIP rein• ' i�, attached notice was published in said newspaper on the for�ed �on�rete trans;- ,; f0110W1T1g C�2teS: tion structure,:one ciP ' I' concrete;.outl.et struc- ture with:level control ` il j�eCeplljer 21, 2Q1$, gate,and pumping sta- , � � � tion, yvater. main,�-36- � �� inch,..sanitary.�sewer,.� !� 1riCl fOP W11iC11��12 C�laP�e ls $33.14 � �storm sewer of various,�' � sizes, r,etaining walls, � railings, concrete curb ' ;i � � and. 9utter,, asphalt I pavemenf PCC side- walk, ligliting, security ' I� cameras„ fiber ,optic' Iines. ;,vegetative sur- ' Subscribed to before me, 2 NOtaPy PUUIIC lri ariCl fOT face restoration,trees, ��shrubs, and otheY�mis- I DUbuCIUe COU11ty, IOWa, cellaneouselemenfs. ' Copie,s of supporting ' documents for the pub- �; t�]1S v�/s Cla Of� , � ZQ�� , lic hearings are on file , � � Y �"--a.!s-�..a�..c_,P , in the City Clerk's Of- f,ice, City Hall,,50 W. , '; 13th .St.,. Dubuque, , � �� lowa, and may be ' � uiewed dunng normal working hours � �� Written comments re �� NOt2Ty bI1C lri ariCl fOP DUbuClue COuri , IOWa. garding the abovepub- ', I lic heanngs may be 'i ,I submitted to;the City , I Clerk's Office,'50 W. ' I � 13th St;, on or before '� ; said time of .;public'. hearing: At said time i and place of, p�blic , I ....._ _. — hearings all interested ' �- CI7'Y,OF DUBUQUE, citizens and parties u � 0.�pBh4�'� �t`��°��1/V�$�fF��Y�F$ �owA wul be s�ven an oppor- i OFFICIAL NOTICE'� tunity to be heard for , I� g � � � (;�}p-�g�Oq��p��q��¢�p��L�$�� "NOTICE OF PUBLIC or against said propos- N �,� HEd\RING ON PLANS,; al. ' �� MyCamrraiasi�n�xp.��b.1,7.Q20 �pEC,IFICATIONS, �� Any visually-.or hear.- , FORIN OF CONTRACT, ing-impaired persons ANp ESTIMATED needing; special assis- ' COST�OR TH�UPPER tance or persons with ` � BEE BRANCH CREEK special, ,,accessibility � RAILROAD CULVERTS needs,should contact PROJECT ' ' the City Clerk's Office NOTICE IS HEREBY at (563) 589;4100 or GIVEN:The City Coun- TDD (563) 69,0-6678 at cil"of the 'City� of least 48,hours prior to Dubuque, lowa will the meeting.; hold a public hearing published by order of ' on the proposed plans; the City Council given ' specifications; form of on the 17th day of De- � contract, and estimat- cembei,2018. ed cost for tihe Upper Kevin S.Firnstahl, Bee Branch Cceek'Rail- CMC,City;Cler,k ' � roatl.Culverts Project, lt 12/21 in accordance with the � provisions of Chapter 26," Code of lowa-at 6:00 p.m. on the 7th day of'Janua�y,2019,in � the Historic Fetleral Building Council Cham- ', bers(seeond;fl6or);350 � NIesY`6tli Street, Dubu- que,lowa. 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Page: Please contact provid'ed in the Con- pumping>station,water � Time and Place QuestCDN.colr,aY(952j tract D'ocuments with main 36=inch sanitary !; ` Sealed :,, Proposals z33 1632 'or infoa� cqrporate'surety satis- sewer, st'orm sewer of jl Will be'Opened;and questcdn.com for as- facto'ry to the`City of various sizes;retaining� �I Considered. Sealed sistance,in free riiem`- Dubuque.The tiid shall Walls; railings,�con- �� proposals , wiU ; be bership, ;registratioti, contain no condition crete curbxand gutter, '� �� opened and bids tabu= downloading antl ezcept as provided in asphalt paverrient RCC � lated at 2 P M.ori,Jan- working with this digi- ;the Specifications. sid'ewalk, lighting;se• I" uary 22,,2019, at:City tal'pro�ect informatron; Should Bidder 'hire'a curity`camerfls, 'fiber ' I Hall, Conference Room ,Bidding Documents subcontractor fo per- optic IineS vegetafive ! A 50 West 13th Street; may be reviewed and form trencliless cul- surface restoration, �� Dubu,que;IA,520Q1,for Paper copies may be veit/casing' construc- trees, shrubs'and oth' consideration_by the obtained from tHe Issu'- tion, Bidder shall re- er miscellaneous ele= , City. Council"�(CounciD �ng Office "_which is quire.'the subcontrac- ments '. ,, on February 4,2019,or Strand Associates Inc., tor to furnish a� P�eference for loiiva - at such later date as 910 West Wingra Dride, corporate surery bond; Products and"Latio'r. may' be, set at said Madison,1Nf 53715 and in a fo�m acceptable to By virtue`of statutory i meeting.' The City of Tri.State Bluepnnt,'696 Bidder; for the faithfui authority,, preference �� Dubuque; lowa, re- Central Avenue, Dubu• performance 'of . the will be given,to prod- i� serves the right-to re- que, 1,4 52001. Over- subcontract; in an ucts and; provisions ',i jectahy and all bids. night mailing„of ,Bid- amount equal to'100% grown `and coal p�a � din � Documents wifl ofthesubcontraet.: tluced wit�iiri the State�� i Time for- 'Coen- not be rovided A`re= Bidtler will execute of lowa, Ina accor�ance ' mencement a„d p . Completion of 1Nork. fundable deposit of$50 and file the Agr"eement' with �low,�'stafutes;.a ' Work shall be com- is r'equired Deposit wifl and lOQ%PerFormance resident 6idder shall;6e � menced after Notice"to be refunded to all pl,�q antl �Payment ',Bon'ds. allowed .a,preference � ��Proceed°�has been is- h��ders r�tWrning dg�u- �ithin,,�15 ,d�ys; af�er,� as ag�ins,t.,a nonresi- � � sued and shall be fully ments within 14 days the Notice of Award.' dent bidder from� a f completed--in accor- of:the award of the The City of b'ubuque state,or foreign coun- dance with the require- Pro�ect. `, „ reserves"the right to try if that state or for- ments +isted in 'the Ali Bidders submitting reject any or all Eid's,to ,eign country gives:or AgreemenC. a sealed Bid;�shall ob= waive any t'echnicalitq, cequires any ,.prefer- Bid'SecuriYy. Each �ai;n the Bidding Docu��: and tq,�accept�3"ny Bid ��ence to ;bidders from � , I'i bidder`shall'accompa- men'ts fr.om QuesY which"it deerris advan- that state or foreign ny its bid'with a tiid'se- CDN.com,St`rand Asso- tageous. All Bids shall country, ;including tiut' Gurity`as'securitythat ciates,Inc.,or Tri St�te remain subject to ao- not limited'to,any pref- ', the successful bitlder Blaeprint. ceptance for 60 days erence to bidders, the i will enter into a eon- B�dders who submit a after the time set for imposition of any.type; � tract for'the work-bid B�d must,be;Plan Hold= receiving Bids: ` of labor force.prefer- � upon an`d will furnish er of record at the issu- Contract award�sfiall ence,orany otherfo'rm after the`award of con- �n9-.Qffice. :Bids from be made based on the: of p,referential treat- tract a corporate sure- B�d.ders who_are not Qn lowest"responsive and ment to bidders or-1a- ' I ty.bond,acceptable to the Plan Holders List: responsible Bidder. borers,from that state the governmental enti= may be returned as not Any Contract or Con- 6r foreign country.The eth (eric.vieth�a strand. ty,for the faithful per- being responsive � tracts;to be;awartled preference allowed com or 608 251-4843) #ormance'of the con- :Plan Holders are re= 'are `ezp,ected fo be shall be equal. ta the � at Strand -Associates,'� tract, in an amount . quested to,provide an funded entirely;,or in preference:given or re- � InCo equal to'one•hundred emaiL address if they par� by a grant;.from quired,by the state or ��'4Mike Jansen, i ('m�ansen a�iiwengr.- percent'of the amount W�sh to receive ad,den- Housing and Urban De- foreign country_,;in . � com or,=563-5562464) of the contract.The bid da and,other. informa- veloprpent(HUDj�and a which the°;nonresident at IIW P.C:,'or both par- security shall 6e in the Yion electronically:Plan' loan from Iowa Cl,ean bidder is a,;resident.'In I ties with�fheir :ques- ambunt=of 10 percent Holders are:requestetl Water;State Revoluing the instance of a resi- tions associated with _(10%)of the,amount of to designate whether Fund. =This pcocure- dent,labor force prefer- this projecf: the contract and shall they dre a prime con-. ment will be subject`to ence, a 'nonresitlent Published in th,e Tele= `be in the forrn of a tractor, subcontractor, regulations contained 6idder shall apply the graph Herald and lowa cashier's check or cer- or supplier if they warit,' in appropriate 'State same re'sident labor Master Builders we6 :tified check tlrawn on a this information posted Statutes and 40 CFR force preference to a Site, Deceiimber state chartered or fed- on the project Plan Parts 31,33, and 35 of public improvement in I zplg, 21' erally chartered bank, Holders List. the Federal Statutes. this state as would 6e , lt 12/21 or a certified share Each Bidder shall ac- Award of Contract 1- required in the con- draft drawn on a state company its,`bid with` 2018 may be depen- struction of a public I chartered'or federally bid;security as defined= dent on loan secure- improvement by the I . i"rharre�o.V'.��.J�+�;�:.,o... in::ynwA..�Cnfla Sartinn' mo�+'1"=i � .. ' . . ��1�+,. .:c:F,._...�,._ �,� �-- . �. i� STATE OF IOWA {SS: � DUBUQUE COUNTY ' � , u , ; CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION � ,; !i ,I �i, I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward �' Communications, Inc,, an Iowa corporation, publisher �� of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general � circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County ; of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the � attached notice was published in said newspaper on the li following dates: �i; , December 21, 2018, � �� i and for which the charge is $129.20 � � � , ��`' ,�! Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public in and for Dubu ue County, Iowa, I,; � i�� this��'� day of� , 20�8�. � � ';i �� II Notary Pub 'c in and for Dubuque County, wa. � �� ; ii h � Y� � - ....� , �qA�l�,� t��,,,. . .. .. . I � ��'��i��R � G�am��J��d�n i�u�t��r 15��BS� � � �Y��rnml��i�n. � �Xp.Fskr. 1��02p � � � � �� 9 � �