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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO CONTRACT L30249 WITH GEOGRAPH INDUSTRIES FOR WAABIZHESHIKANA (FORMERLY WESTERN WATERFRONT) TRAIL WAYFINDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,260 FOR A NEW TOTAL OF $161,654.00.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are authorized to increase contract L30249 with Geograph Industries for Waabizheshikana Trail Wayfinding in the amount of $23,260, for a new total amount of $161,654. payable by 452-030-5530, HANDHTAX-1501-05 (tourism & recreational projects, finance, improvements other than buildings; half & half tax projects, WWFT wayfinding).
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes an increase to contract L30249 with Geograph Industries originally in the amount of $113,850 to a new total contract amount of $161,654.
Purchasing issued an invitation to bid on July 26, 2019 and received two bids as listed below. Geograph Industries was the lowest responsible bidder. Increases in the contract resulted primarily from the City's choice to add to the original scope of work in order to utilize 100% of a federal grant awarded for the project.
Contractor Bid Amount
Geograph Industries, Inc. $113,850.00
Veit & Company, Inc. $220,000.00
The project will replace trail signs and benches that were put in place more than 30 years ago many of which are now absent or damaged. New equipment will include ten benches, a new accessible picnic table, and 31 new signs including trail directories at major trailheads and intersections, directional signs, mileage markers, and emergency maps designed to help trail users and emergency responders find each other.
The project is funded by an $89,078 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Lake Superior Coastal Program grant administered by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and $89,078 of City matching funds from a .5% increment in the tourism tax des...
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