HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2009-150CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION No. 2009-150
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,
ORDERING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS, AND
AUTHORIZING A DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE
PURCHASE OF WETLAND MITIGATION CREDITS
PLYMOUTH CREEK WATER QUALITY PONDS
CITY PROJECT NO. 3105
WHEREAS, The City desires to reduce total suspended solid and nutrient loading
to protect and improve the water quality of Medicine Lake, a State listed impaired water;
and
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Creek Water Quality Ponds will aid the City in
meeting water quality goals mandated by the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, wetland mitigation has been coordinated with the various regulatory
agencies have jurisdiction over the Plymouth Creek Water Quality Ponds Project; and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Organization has
included the Plymouth Creek Water Quality Ponds in it's capital improvement program;
and
WHEREAS, in 2007 an agreement with the Metropolitan Council was executed to
use their Metro -environment Partnership Grant fiinds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA:
Such plans and specifications, copies of which are on file in the City
Engineer's office and made a part hereof, are hereby approved.
2. The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper
and in The Constriction Bulletin an advertisement for bids upon the making
of such improvement under such approved plans and specifications. The
advertisement shall be published at least three times, shall specify the work
to be done, shall state that bids will be received by the City Clerk until 10:00
a.m. on July 31, 2009 at which time they will be publicly opened in the City
Council Chambers of the Plymouth City Center building at 3400 Plymouth
Boulevard, Plymouth, Minnesota, by the engineer and City Clerk, will then
be tabulated, and will be considered by the council at 7 p.m. on August 11,
2009, in the council chambers. 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 City Clerk and accompanied by a
cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check payable to the City
Clerk for five percent of the amount of such bid.
3. Staff is authorized to issue a down payment in the amount of $30,000 to Mr.
Donald Bursch, owner of Wetland Bank 41263 with funding to come from
the Water Resources Fund.
APPROVED THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2009.