02-03-2003 Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

ISchepp, Joyce H. From: Berndt, Keith D. Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2003 5:12 PM To: {Cass} - Commissioners Cc: Schepp, Joyce H.; Worden, Heather M. Subject: Road Advisory Committee Meeting February 3, 2003 at 1:30 Road Advisory Committee Members, A Road Advisory Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Monday February 3, 2003 at 1:30 PM at the County Commission Room. The agenda item will be to discuss a replacement bridge in Pleasant Township. A decision was made by the Road Advisory Committee on October 7, 2002 that I should solicit bids for a bridge project in Pleasant Township and then report back to the Committee for a final decision regarding the project. I've included the notes from that meeting on this subject for your information. Following the October 7 meeting, County Staff prepared a bridge design and bid packages. The first bid package includes supplying and driving the steel bridge piling. The second bid package includes supplying a treated wood deck. The design is a relatively simple, but functional design in which the bridge beams rest directly on the piling. County Crews will install used steel beams and a new wood panel deck. Bids were received on two bid packages January 23. The piling and deck Iow bids were $66,690 and $98,208 respectively equals $164,898. In addition, there will be some contracted crane time to set the beams, a small amount of contracted excavation, and the County labor to install the deck and complete other incidental work. My recommendation in October was that we proceed with the project if we can keep the total cost in the $225,000 - $250,000 range. Based on the bids received I feel we can accomplish this and would therefore recommend proceeding with the project. SUGGESTED MOTION: AUTHORIZE COUNTY ENGINEER TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN SECTIONS 10 AND 15 OF PLEASANT TOWNSHIP CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF $150,000 IN PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE PROJECT. October 7, 2002 Road Advisory Committee meetin.q minutes. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP BRIDGE, County Engineer authorized to prepare plans and solicit bids; will bring back to committee after bids are received Mr. Bemdt said in 2001, a 118-foot wooden bridge between Sections 10 and 15 of Pleasant Township, which crosses the Wild Rice River, was destroyed by fire. Three other bridges in this vicinity have been replaced over the years at a cost of between $525,000 to $1.2 million. The county has funding commitments of $150,000 from the adjacent landowner's insurance company and a private contribution. This bridge was on a Iow volume township road parallel and one mile north of County Highway 18. Typically, this bridge would be a likely candidate for permanent closure with its Iow use and availability of alternate routes; however, there are extenuating circumstances to consider: the private contributions; the bridge was in poor condition and would have required some county funds to repair it; the bridge historically provides access during floods and a relatively Iow cost replacement bridge could be designed for this location using steel beams currently on inventory.