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Session 1727, Minutes July 13, 1998 Schuster Engineering Gershenson Construction Mulligan Construction Pace Construction Millstone-Bangert Co. Base Bid $559,258.85 $577,239.48 $665,676.91 $663,826.15 $714,386.50 Modified Bid $547,394.90 $576,573.74 $644,233.51 $658,995.45 $688,201.90 Mr. Munkel said that he remembered that building the bridge to federal standards would increase the costs substantially. He asked if this extra cost would be considered when the grant is applied for. Mr. Ollendorff said that it would have to be re-engineered. His guess is that it will add at least $100,000 to the cost, which is based on previous estimates. Mr. Munkel asked if we could float a bond and get it done quicker than the projected three years. Mr. OIlendorff said that a bond issue could be done, put you need to consider whether it is worth spending more money on even if approved by the voters. Mr. Wagner asked that the Mayor and Mr. Ollendorff review, for the record, all the progress that has been made to get the City of Overland to help fund this bridge. Mr. Ollendorff said that he had met with the City of Overland staff a couple of times and they had rejected his pleas for assistance. They have also written to the old Mayor and City Council and to the present Mayor and the new City Council and an official written answer has never been received. They met with their staff, the last time, about six weeks ago and the staff said that their City Council was not interested in paying any money toward the bridge. Mayor Adams said that he had met with the former and current Mayor. The current Mayor is more amenable, but his Council is not. Mr. Sharpe asked about the error that occurred with the cost estimate. Mr. OIlendorff said that they contracted with the firm, W.V.P., to do the engineering on this job. W.V.P says that they have not had a chance to analyze the bids yet to give us an answer to that question. He spoke with the contractors who bid the job and they were confidant that they bid the job correctly. One mentioned that he might have bid it lower, because of the specs, but not that much lower. Mr. Lieberman asked how much we paid for the estimate. Mr. Ollendorff said we paid $30,000. Mr. Lieberman said we should get some kind of rebate. Mr. Ollendorff agreed and said if not that, at least the redesign free. Mr. Ollendorff said that this subject is wide open, because the bridge has to be redesigned and re-engineered. Whether or not we want the same company to do the work, is one question, and if so, it should be cheap or free. Mr. Munkel moved the rejection of the bids and to direct the City Manager to proceed with federal funding. Mr. Lieberman seconded the motion.