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• WORKSESSION MATERIALS CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON PUBLIC WORKS/ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: January 9, 2009 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council, City Manager FROM: Grant Wyffels, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Misc. 2009 Public Work Project update WORKSESSION MATERIALS FOR JANUARY 13, 2009 MEETING Item 1. City Project 09-1, South Water Tower Painting A presentation will be made by our consultant team to update the council on the project and be available to answer any questions on the project. The Schedule for the project is as follows: January 27, 2009 Council to approve Plans and Specs, Authorize Advertisement March 10, 2009 Award Project to lowest responsible bidder April 1, 2009 Notice to Proceed September 15, 2009 Project Complete Item 2. City Project 09-3, Lift Station #7 & Cleveland Avenue Forcemain A presentation will be made to update the council on the project and be available to answer any questions on the project. A location map of the project has been included with this packet. The Schedule for the project is as follows: March 10, 2009 Council to approve Plans and Specs, Authorize Advertisement April 14, 2009 Award Project to lowest responsible bidder May 1, 2009 Notice to Proceed June 15, 2009 Project Complete Item 3. Non -Fleet Program, Street Sign Replacement Program A presentation will be made to update the council on the project and be available to answer any questions on the project. This project is proposed to be implemented over a three-year period and must be complete by January 2012. Staff has analyzed performing this work in-house instead of subcontracting the project as previously projected. If we purchase a sign making system and perform the work ourselves, we estimate we will save $50,000. A memorandum and project area map is included in with this packet. Item 4. Miller Dump Status Report A presentation will be made to update the council on the project and be available to answer any questions on the project. We will discuss the attached Friday Memo and other potential future change orders. Currently, we estimate the total cost of future change orders to cost between $200K and $300K. We have a budget for contingency items like these of $400K.