HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2026-34, Awarding Safe Routes to School Improvement Project No. ST2026-21
Resolution No. 2026-34
Awarding Safe Routes to School Improvement Project No. ST2026-21
Whereas, the City of Fridley (City) is committed to providing residents with safe opportunities for
walking, biking, and other non-automobile transportation; and
Whereas, the current edition of the City’s Active Transportation Plan, adopted February 11, 2020,
guides the City’s installation and maintenance of infrastructure needed to achieve mobility equity
and support opportunities for active transportation; and
Whereas, the City’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plan developed in partnership with Fridley Public
Schools (ISD 14) further identifies locations for additions and improvements to existing non-
motorized transportation infrastructure to provide new opportunities and improved safety,
visibility and comfort for students utilizing pedestrian facilities when traveling to school; and
Whereas, the Safe Routes to School Improvement Project No. ST2026-21 (Project) is identified in
the City’s Capital Investment Program and includes the construction of shared-use trails and other
miscellaneous work in accordance with the aforementioned plans; and
Whereas, on April 6, 2026 electronic bids were received and read aloud, a bid tabulation was
prepared and a lowest responsive bidder identified.
Now, therefore be it resolved, that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby receives bids
for and awards the Safe Routes to School Improvement Project No. ST2026-21 to the lowest
responsive bidder, JL Theis, Inc. of Jordan, MN, in the amount of $1,126,365.28 which includes a
5% contingency.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fridley this 13 day of April, 2026.
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Dave Ostwald – Mayor
Attest:
Melissa Moore – City Clerk