RES 2004-35 - 00013220RESOLUTION NO. 2004 - 35
RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENT, APPROVAL OF PLANS AND ORDERING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS:
MARION HILLS RESERVOIR REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 356
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley completed a study of our water system including a detailed investigation of
the structural integrity of the Marion Hills Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, the results of that report note significant areas of corrosion in the reinforcing wires plus obvious
cracks in the concrete shell and failure of the interior liner, and
WHEREAS, the City has retained the firm of Boltan & Menk, Inc. to design and inspect the construction of a
replacement to the reservoir and has submitted these plans to the City Council for approval.
NOT, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fridley, Anoka County,
Minnesota, as follows:
That the Marion Hills Reservoir recommended for replacement be removed and a new
reservoir be constructed in its place, and the work involved in said improvement shall
hereafter be designed as:
MARION HILLS RESERVOIR REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 356
2. The plans and specification prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc., under the direction of the
Director of Public Works for such improvement and each of them, pursuant to the Council
action heretofore, are hereby approved and shall be filed with the City Clerk.
The work to be performed under the Marion Hills Reservoir Replacement Project No. 356 be
performed under a single contract.
The Director of Public Works shall accordingly prepare and cause to be inserted in the official newspaper
advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvements under such approved plans and specifications.
The advertisement shall be published for two (2) weeks (at least 10 days), and shall specify the work to be
done and will state that bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 2, 2004, in the Council
Chambers of the Fridley Municipal Center, and that no bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with
the Director of Public Works and accompanied by a cash deposit, bid bond, or certified check payable to the
City of Fridley for five percent (5 %) of the amount of such bid. That the advertisement for bids for the
MARION HILLS RESERVOIR REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 356 shall be substantially standard in
form.
Resolution No. 2004 —
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 12TH DAY OF
JULY, 2004.
SCOTT J. L"15, MAYOR
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