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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-185 CCR1 adoption: and Member Debra Hilstrom introduced the following resolution and moved its RESOLUTION NO. 95 185 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NOS. 1996 -06, 07, AND 08, STREET, UTILITY, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, JAMES AND KNOX AVENUES, 55TH TO 57TH, AND LOGAN AVENUE, 53RD TO 57TH, ACCEPTING QUOTES FOR SEWER TELEVISING AND SOIL BORINGS, AND DIRECTING DEVELOPMENT OF A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY REPORT WHEREAS, the City's Pavement Management Program indicates that many of the streets in the Southeast area of the city can no longer benefit from sealcoating and other routine maintenance, and should be considered for reconstruction; and WHEREAS, the Council desires to consider street, drainage, and utility improvements on Logan Avenue, 53rd to 57th; Knox Avenue, 55th to 57th; James Avenue, 55th to 57th; 54th Avenue, Logan to Knox; 55th Avenue, Logan to James; and 56th Avenue, Logan to James; to be constructed in 1996; and WHEREAS, quotes have been obtained for sanitary sewer televising and soil borings as follows; Televising: Soil borings: Visu -Sewer Clean and Seal, Inc. $1,447.04 Infratech 1,689.92 Solidification, Inc. 1,741.13 STS Consultants Ltd. American Engineering Testing Inc. $1,165.00 1,243.75 WHEREAS, the City reasonably expects to spend monies from the Capital Improvements Fund, the MSA Construction Fund, the Public Utilities Funds,or the Special Assessment Construction Fund, on a temporary basis to pay the expenditures described in this resolution; and WHEREAS, the City reasonably expects to reimburse itself for such expenditures from the proceeds of taxable or tax exempt bonds, the debt service of which is expected to be paid from property taxes, special assessments, or utility fees. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota that: 1. Improvement Project Nos. 1996 -06, 07, and 08, Street, Storm Drainage, and Utility Improvements, James and Knox Avenues, 55th to 57th, and Logan Avenue, 53rd to 57th are hereby established. The project area includes Logan Avenue, 53rd to 57th; Knox Avenue, 55th to 57th; James Avenue, 55th to 57th; 54th Avenue, Logan to Knox; 55th Avenue, Logan to James; and 56th Avenue, Logan to James. 1 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 95 185 2. The proposal as submitted by Visu -Sewer Clean and Seal, Inc. of St. Louis Park, MN in the amount of $1,447.04 to perform sanitary and storm sewer televising in this project area is hereby accepted. The mayor and city manager are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Visu -Sewer Clean and Seal, Inc. for said sewer televising. 3. The proposal as submitted by STS Consultants Ltd. of Minneapolis, MN in the amount of $1,165 to perform soil testing and analysis in this project area is hereby accepted. The mayor and city manager are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with STS Consultants for said soil study. 4. City staff is hereby authorized and directed to obtain a quote from consulting engineers Short Elliot Hendrickson (SEH), currently under contract with the city to provide engineering design and construction services for the 57th Avenue, Logan to Camden project, to assemble and develop such information as may be necessary to develop a reliable needs evaluation and cost estimates, financing options, and feasibility reports for the above established projects. 5. Staff is hereby authorized and directed to conduct informational meetings as necessary in the above described neighborhood to introduce the proposed project, and to present the findings of the preliminary reports. 6. Staff is hereby directed to report the results of said informational meetings to the City Council for further consideration of possible improvement projects. 7. This resolution is intended to constitute official intent to issue taxable or tax exempt reimbursement bonds for purposes of Treasury Regulation 1.105 -2 and any successor law, regulation, or ruling. This resolution shall be modified to the extent required or permitted by Treasury Regulation 1.105 -2, or any successor law, regulation, or ruling. August 14, 1995 2t Date a Ma /or A t ATTEST: lC L /414,(173 11 Deputy Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Kathleen Carmody and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Myrna Kragness, Kristen Mann, Debra Hilstrom, and Kathleen Carmody; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.