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07-27-1995 - Special 'w' ..." . . CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER SPECIAL MEETING JULY 27, 1995 7:00 P.M. COMMUNITY CENTER MINUTES CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hayman called the Special Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Center for the purpose of considering the award of the bid for construction of the Florida Shores Road Improvement Project. ROLL CALL: Mayor Jack Hayman Councilman Danny Hatfield Councilwoman Louise Martin Councilman Michael Hays Councilman David Mitchum City Attorney Krista Storey city Manager George McMahon City Clerk Susan Wadsworth Police Chief Lawrence Schumaker Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present PURPOSE OF MEETING: Mayor Hayman commented on the memo from City Attorney Storey regarding the Award of Bid - Florida Shores Roadway Improvements Project. Mayor Hayman commented on the recommended motion for the bid award. The amount for Part A being $11,139,880 and the amount for Part B being $2,505,045 which totals $13,644,925. He explained they also need to approve the agreements for Parts A & B with Halifax Paving, Inc. city Manager McMahon presented opening remarks and recommended approval. The quality of this work is better than was originally anticipated because of the type of work that will be done with soil cement and the conditions of the environment in Florida Shores. City Engineer Fegley stated they are very relieved to be at this point in the project and to finally be in the position to make a decision to award the bid. city Engineer Fegley commented on the bid opening on June 28, 1995. The low bidder being Halifax Paving, Inc. He commented on the process they went through to bring the cost down. He further commented on the soil cement base. city Engineer Fegley commented on the bike path. They have asked the contractor to delay or to place as one of the latest paving priorities the street which the bike path abuts, that being Needle Palm Drive south of S.R. 442, so that if we get to the point in the project where we have found that the quantities in the contract amount are such that we can afford to implement the bike path, they will go ahead and do so. At this point in time it is not being recommended but we can always implement that at the cost bid anytime during the contract. city Engineer Fegley explained the commitment for the funding will proceed on August 1, 1995 which is also followed by another date of April 16th for locking in the rates for Part B. The preconstruct ion meeting will be scheduled in the middle of August to go through the administrative proceedings to determine the proper paper trail authorization. On or before August 28th, must submit an executed agreement attached therewith would be Change Order #1 for the deduct and the appropriate documentation with the bonds and the appropriate insurance. .... .."" city Engineer Fegley explained they expect to issue a notice to proceed to the contractor who is aware that they are the apparent low bidder by September 1, 1995 when the contractor will be able to begin the project. city Engineer Fegley commented on the motion before Council. Mayor Hayman asked if the costs beyond the construction would be discussed. City Engineer Fegley explained he has a summary of those costs. There were no questions from Council. City Engineer Fegley went on to explain the additional costs associated beyond the construction cost which are the administrative costs, such as the design cost, financing cost, underwriting cost, and assurity cost, which will total approximately $15,425,000. Mayor Hayman asked if any change has been made to the proposed assessments or established assessments for the property owner to support the project. City Engineer Fegley explained the assessments at this time have gone down slightly. Any shortage of funds will be picked up by the millage increase. Mayor Hayman asked that a list of the administrative costs be distributed. City Manager McMahon explained at this point in time if everything were as we see it now and you award the bid as recommended tonight, we would be adjusting the maximum mill rate to 24.48% more than the current mill rate, increasing the mill rate to 7.38272. Mayor Hayman read the recommended motion for the bid award: I hereby move to award Parts A and B to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Halifax Paving, Inc.. This award includes the selection of Alternates 4.04, 4.01A and 4.01C and Change Order Number 1. Accordingly, the approved bid amount for Part A is $11,139,880 and for Part B is $2,505,045. The total award for the project is therefore $13,644,925. In addition, I move for approval of the Agreements for Parts A and B with Halifax Paving, Inc. and execution by the Mayor, contingent upon the receipt of funding for the project. Councilman Hays thanked staff and Halifax Paving. Councilman Hays commented on changing to soil cement instead of the shell lime rock and being able to lay the pavement on top of the shell lime rock whereas the soil cement had to set up a little bit. He asked the public to be patient with the Council for a couple of days. He asked for help from the press. Councilman Hays commented on having two negative responses to go ahead with the project but the rest have been positive. Councilman Hays moved for approval as projected by staff, second by Councilman Mitchum. Councilman Mitchum expressed his appreciation for the hard work done by everybody. Councilman Hatfield also expressed his appreciation for the hard work done by everyone. He stated he looks forward to the day when all of the roads in Edgewater are paved. Councilwoman Martin feels the actions taken tonight bind all residents in a common goal to achieve an overall completion of our city as a whole entity. We are one City and that is the way we should keep it. Page -2- Council Special Meeting July 27, 1995 ~ ~ Mayor Hayman thanked staff and Quentin Hampton. He spoke about being victims of the media. He regrets the misunderstanding that was going on. The true figures have been exposed to the public. Mayor Hayman thanked his colleagues. The motion CARRIED 5-0. City Manager McMahon asked if any member of Council has any problem with beginning on 12th street and the connector of Willow Oak to make it a connector through to Park Avenue. It will not change the bid. There were no problems from Council. Mayor Hayman commented on reversing the route for the paving project to go opposite of the sewer project. Joan Maiser, 1529 Queen Palm Drive, asked when the roads are expected to be finished. City Engineer Fegley stated the Part A portion which will begin September 1, 1995 has a substantial completion period of 420 days following notice to proceed, 450 days to final completion. Part B begins January 1, 1996 which has a substantial completion of 330 days following notice to proceed, 360 days to final completion. It will be sometime around October or November of 1996 at the latest. There being no further business to discuss, Councilman Mitchum moved to adjourn, second by Councilman Hatfield. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Kruckmeyer Page -3- Council Special Meeting July 27, 1995