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Home My WebLink About11-16-1971Record of Official Proceedings of the Common.°Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., November 16,- 1971 1 r1 U 1 1 .0 1 Minutes of an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the City ofl Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City, on November 16, 1971. President Postier called the meeting to order at.12:00 o'clock noon, the following members being present: President Postier, Aldermen Kamper, Mayer, McNary, Powers, Strain. Absent: Alderman.Larson. Bids for watermain extension along the east side of T. H. 52 from 41st Streel N. W. to Pennington Business Park (City Project 7106, J 8409). The kids of Littrup Nielson in the amount of $80,339.50, Riverside Sand & Gravel $78,390.00, Floyd Larson Construction Co. $66,542.20 and Fraser Company, Inc. in the amount of $67,690.45 were each received and opened, but action on same had been held over from the meeting yesterda; The following letter from C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer to Floyd Larson Construction Co.'I was read: Gentlemen: ° Your bid submitted on November 15 for watermain extension along the west side of T. H. 52 from 41st St. N.W. to Pennington Business Park was opened and is under consideration by this department and the City Council for action at their meeting in the°City Hall at 12 noon, Tuesday, Nov. 16th. Because of our limited experience with your firm in construction of this kind, we request that you submit the information specified in Section 4.01 (Qualifications of Bidders); Section 8.01 (Subletting or Assigning the Contract); Section 8.03•(progress schedule) before the time of the meeting. Your attention is particularly directed to the following information required im Section 4.01 section (b) adequate equipment, management, and field supervision to perform this.contract in conformance with the plans and specifications within the specified time schedule; and (d) appropriate technical experience - on this item we ask that you also include a list of • sewer -and/or water construction projects undertaken in the last two years. It would also expedite the Council's action if you would deliver a copy of the information to this office in advance of*the noon meeting so that I can prepare my recommendation. A representative of your company is also invited to attend the meeting and make whatever verbal presentation you care to. Yours truly, /s C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer The following letter from Floyd Larson Construction Co. was also read: "City of Rochester Department of City Engineer 1602 4th St. S. E. Rochester, Minnesota Re; Job 7106 Gentlemen: The only sewer project other than underground work we have completed on our own building projects is a project done for the City of Rochester last fall, Job No. 6303-1-70. My son, Kent Larson, graduate Civil Engineer, will be in charge of this job. He will have an operator and two other men with experience in this type of work Our equipment available for this project will be as follows: 3/4 yd. Hydro Hoe, 1 - 7 ton Vibrating roller 1 Model A John Deere Small compactors -all types 1 - °941 Cat Front end Loader ° Air compressor and accessories Yours truly, Floyd Larson Construction Company /s Floyd Larson" C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer, said he was reluctant to recommend that the contract be awarded to the low bidder the Floyd Larson Construction Company because he did not feel they were a sewer and water construction company, they have done considerable general building work but did not feel they were equipped for this type of job, so he recommended acceptance of the next low bidder; he said he had written to Mr. Larson and requested i� 0 Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., November 16, 1971 s information and also had invited him to attend this meeting. A motion was made by Strain, second by.McNary, that this.be tabled and in the.meantime.Mr. Andre contact Mr.. Larson to 11 see if he would be able to meet with the Council on this matter; all present voted in favor. The City Clerk presented.affidavits showing publication of notice of sale of $1,500,000 Improvement Bonds, Series K, to be dated as of .December 1, 1971, in accordance with the resolution providing for such sale at -this time and place adopted November 2, 1971. Said affidavits were examined and found satisfactory and directed to be placed on file in the office of the Clerk. The Clerk reported that eleven sealed bids -for the purchaseo£ said bonds had been received at her office prior to 11:00 o'clock A. M., and were thereupon.opened • and publicly read and tabulated, and -the highest and best bid of each bidder was found to be as follows: •Net Interest Net Interest Account Manager Amount of Bid Dollar Cost Rate :496,602.50' Mercantile Trust Company 11 393,097.50 4.0317 Halsey Stuart & Company 1,485,000.00 398,700.00 4.089 First National Bank St. Paul 12489,050.00 374,700.00 3.8430 Northwestern National Minneapolis 1,486,050.00 3763,350.00 3.8600 Continental 1,490,250.00 386,77.5.00 3.96692 Northern `trust Company 1,494,000.00 386,625.00 3.96538 LaSalle National Bank 1,487,205.00 389.745.00 3.997.38 Phelps Fenn & eompany 1,500,150.00 411,150.00 4.216.92 Sellers Investment Company 13,492,500.00 396,675.00 4.0684 American National Bank St. Paul 1,487,460.00 373,965.00 3.8355 First National Bank of Chicago 1,488,540.01 385,259.99 3.95138 Alderman Strain introduced and Alderman McNary moved the adoptioniiof a proposed resolution awarding the sale of $1,500,000 Improvement Bonds, Series K to American National Bank St. Paul; Alderman Kamper seconded the motion and all present voted in favor. Alderman Powers then introduced and Alderman McNary moved the adoption of a resolution authorizing and directing the issuance of $1,500,000 Improvements Bonds, Series K, payable from the Improvement Bond Account of the Sinking Fund and Appropriating Special Assessments for the payment thereof; Alderman Powers seconded the motion and all present voted in favor. . Alderman Mayer was excused at 12:45 P. M. Copies of proposed amendments to the State Building Code were presented to the Council requesting Municipal support of these proposals. Mr. Koskovich, Building &Safety was present and explained the amendments. Mr. Richard Hexum and Mr. Walter Benike were also present and spoke in behalf of the builders and contractors. A motion was made by Strain, second by Powers, that the Building & Safety Inspector write a letter stating that the Council will support the following amendments (1) NFPA Standard 72-A-67 "Local Protective Signaling Systems" (2) page 16 (h-1) Section 3803 to be deleted - dry standpipe systems (3) page 17 (j-1) I3805 combination standpipes and (4) page 16 (g-1) high rise sprinkler and that the following be disapproved - Page 7 item (f), page 9 item Q.), Page 10 item (k), Page 14 item (a-1), Page Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., November 16, 1971 225 E • 1 1 • 15 item (d-1) and Page 15 item (e-1); all present voted in favor. Mr. Andre reported that Mr. Floyd Larson would be able to meet with the Council at 4:30 P. M. Upon motion by McNary, second by Kamper, and all present voting in favor, the meeting was adjourned until 4:30 P. M. President Postier called the meeting to order again at 4:30 o'clock P. M., with the following members being present: President Postier, Aldermen Kamper, Mayer, McNary, Powers, Strain. Absent: Alderman Larson. A motion was made by McNary, second by Kamper, that the matter of the bids for watermain extension along the east side of T. H. 52 from 41st Street N. W. to Pennington Business Park be removed from the table; all present voted in favor. Mr. Floyd Larson owner of Larson Construction Company was present and said they had bid on the basis of trying to get the time limit, he said they could not guarantee the kind of weather, but they felt confident they could complete the job in the time specified; he also said his son was a Civil Engineer and would be in charge of this job and that they felt they had ample manpower and equipment to handle this job. C. A. Armstrong, City Engi again stated he did not feel that the management of his crew is capable of doing this job in the time specified.* After further discussion a motion was made by McNary, second by Strain, that the bid of Fraser Company in the amount of $67,690.45 be accepted (second low bidder) and upon roll call Kamper, McNary and Strain voting "aye" and Mayer, Powers and Postier voting "nay", the vote`was tied and not approved. A motion was then made by Mayer second by Powers, that the bid'of Larson Construction Company in the amount of $66,542.20 (the low bid) be accepted and upon roll call Mayer, Powers and Postier voting "aye" and Kamper, McNary and Strain voting "nay" the vote was again tied and not approved. After further discussion a motion was made by Mayer, second by Powers, that the low bid of Floyd Larson Construction Company be accepted and a resolution be adopted awar the bid to Floyd Larson Construction Company and upon roll call Mayer, McNary, Powers and Postier voting "aye" and Kamper and Strain voting "nay", the motion was carried and the resolution adopted. Upon motion by Mayer, second by Strain, and all present voting in favor, the meeting was adjourned. (-7 I � Ci-1J Clerk •