06.01 City Council Meeting Minutes

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City Council Minutes June 2, 2020 Page 4 of 12 ----------------------------- The May 2020 Public Works Report was received by Council. 9.1. Rasmussen Road & South WashinQton Avenue Improvement Proiect 9.1.A. Update Tim Houle gave the Council a verbal update on the Rasmussen Road Project. He stated that since the May 5th City Council Meeting RL Larson has done a lot of good work fast. He said they had to have another construction observer to keep up with them at times. He said they are done with the underground sanitary sewer water main and storm sewer work. He said they are also basically done with the new curb and gutter. Mr. Houle said they have put the first lift of bituminous pavement south of Main Street and they hopefully by the end of this week they will have the first lift of two lifts of bituminous pavement on the north side of Main Street. He stated they are shooting to have all the sidewalks, boulevards, paving the driveway aprons done by the end of next week. He said if they have not finished with the first lift of the bituminous payment they will finish that up next week and then they can start to top soil and seed behind the curves and the sidewalks. Mr. Houle said that this morning at the weekly construction progress meeting, RL Larson said that they believe they are a bit ahead of schedule. He said they hope to have the final bituminous down by the end of June which on their first schedule would not happen until after July 4th. Mr. Houle said they are keeping Main Street open and they have business open signs on the east and west sides of the Street. Mr. Houle said there have been some challenges and they want to thank Jason Gorr, the residents, and the businesses. He said they know that the construction activity involves interruptions, disturbances, and change. 9.1.B. Chanqe Orders Tim Houle stated that this is the fourth change order on the project. He stated that a decision is needed on whether to use pavers or colored concrete in the space between the curb/gutter and the sidewalk on several of the blocks of the project. He said this space is often called the boulevard. He said the contractor provided pricing for both colored concrete and for stamped colored concrete. Mr. Houle stated the stamped colored concrete was definitely more expensive than the unit price for the pavers but the colored concrete unit price was a little bit more than the pavers at 40 cents per square foot. Tim Houle explained they adjusted the width of the boulevard as it was slated to be six feet but with some utility challenges they decreased it to five feet. He explained that even though the change order presented to the Council will cost an additional $2,000 when you look at the decrease in the quantity it may actually