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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Iowa 32 Hike /Bike Trail, Phase 3 Project, CIP #100 -2273
DATE: March 2, 2011
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Leisure Services Manager Marie Ware recommends initiation of the bidding process for
the Iowa 32 Hike /Bike Trail, Phase 3 Project, and further recommends that a public
hearing be set for March 21, 2011.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Marie L. Ware, Leisure Services Manager
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INTRODUCTION
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Marie L. Ware, Leisure Services Manager
Iowa 32 Hike /Bike Trail, Phase 3 Project, CIP #100 -2273
March 1, 2011
The purpose of this memorandum is to request that the City Council adopt the attached
resolutions initiating the bidding process for the Iowa 32 Hike /Bike Trail, Phase 3
Project.
DISCUSSION
The FY 2012 C.I.P. budget contains $200,000 for continuation of phase 3 of the Iowa 32
Hike /Bike Trail. This third phase begins at Plaza Drive to Payton or Holliday. Phase 1
of this trail runs from Highway 52 to Kennedy Road; phase 2 runs between Kennedy
Road and Plaza Drive.
The schedule for the project is as follows:
City council initiate bidding process
Advertisement for bids
Notice of public hearing on plans & specs
Receipt of bids
Public hearing to approve plans & specs
Award contract
Project completion date
The estimate of probable costs is as follows:
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Construction contract
Contingency
Engineering / Inspection
Total
ESTIMATE
$ 147,000
$ 20,000
$ 33,000
$ 200,000
A $200,000 R.E.A.P. Grant has been received to fund this project.
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March 24, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
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ACTION STEP
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The action requested is that the City Council adopt the attached resolution initiating the
bidding process, establishing a date of public hearing on the plans and specifications,
and to authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids.
Preparer: Marie L. Ware
Address: 2200 Bunker Hill Rd Phone: (563) 589 -4263
RESOLUTION NO. 82 -11
IOWA 32 HIKE / BIKE TRAIL, PHASE 3 PROJECT
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT,
AND ESTIMATED COST; SETTING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS,
SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED COST; AND
ORDERING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
The proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the
Iowa 32 Hike / Bike Trail, Phase 3 Project, in the estimated amount $200,000, are
hereby preliminarily approved and ordered filed in the office of the City Clerk for public
inspection.
A public hearing will be held on the 21st day of March, 2011, at 6:30.p.m. in the
Council Chambers, second floor of the Historic Federal Building, 350 West 6th Street,
Dubuque, Iowa, at which time interested persons may appear and be heard for or
against the proposed plans and specifications, form of contract and estimated cost of
said Project, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to cause the attached notice
of the time and place of such hearing to be published in a newspaper having general
circulation in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, which notice shall be published not less than
four days nor more than twenty days prior to the date of such hearing. At the hearing,
any interested person may appear and file objections to the proposed plans,
specifications, form of contract, or estimated cost of the Project.
The Iowa 32 Hike / Bike Trail, Phase 3 Project, is hereby ordered to be
advertised for bids for construction.
The amount of the security to accompany each bid shall be in an amount which
shall conform to the provisions of the Notice to Bidders hereby approved.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to advertise for bids for the construction of the
improvements herein provided, by publishing the attached Notice to Bidders to be
published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, which
notice shall be published not less than four but not more than forty -five days before the
date for filing bids before 2:00 p.m. on the 24th day of March, 2011. Bids shall be
opened and read by the City Clerk at said time and will be submitted to the City Council
for final action at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th day of April, 2011, in Council Chambers, second
floor of the Historic Federal Building, 350 West 6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Passed, adopted and approved this 7th day of March
eanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
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Roy D. Buol, Mayor