09-10308rRESOLUTION NO. 10308
RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
AND ORDERING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FOR A NEW POLICE/FIRE/CITY HALL FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City's architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, has prepared plans
and specifications for the construction of the proposed Police/Fire/City Hall Facility and has
presented such plans and specifications to the City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.04 and 8.05 of the Richfield City Charter, the City
Council has previously adopted Transitory Ordinance No. 18.58, approving the
construction of a new Police/Fire/City Hall Facility on City-owned property.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF RICHFIELD,
MINNESOTA:
1. The plans and specifications prepared by Wold Architects and Engineers for the
Police/Fire/City Hall Facility and including but not limited to the general conditions of
contract, are hereby approved. The City Manager is authorized to approve minor and
technical modifications to the plans and specifications between now and the date that bid
packages are released to potential bidders.
2. The City's construction manager shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official
newspaper, and in such other publications as the construction manager deems
appropriate, an advertisement for bids upon the proposed construction under such
approved plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published for at least 10
days prior to the bid return date, shall specify the work to be done, shall state that bids will
be received by the city clerk until 2 o'clock p.m. on December 8, 2009, at which time they
will be publicly opened in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, will then be tabulated, and
will be considered by the Council at 7 o'clock p.m. on December 17, 2009, in the Council
Chambers of the City Hall. Any bidder whose responsibility is questioned during
consideration of the bid will be given an opportunity to address the Council on-the issue of
responsibility. No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the Clerk and
accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check payable to the
Clerk for not less than 5% percent of the amount of such bid.
3. The City Manager is authorized to issue bid addenda upon the recommendation of the
Construction Manager and Architect, for the purposes of clarifying the bid documents or
correcting errors in the same, and, when deemed necessary to allow an adequate time for
response to the bid addenda, the City Manager may approve a bid addendum to extend
the deadline for submission of bids and to change the date for award of bids.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 10th day of
November, 2009.
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
Nancy Gibbs, ity Clerk