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F ~ :; - a l9s5 <br />February 3, 1995 <br />• File: 230-151-30 <br />('lI1Si l,'FLtf #;IGlIEl;CS <br />1326 Energy Pork Drive Ms. Lori R. Johnson <br /> Financial Director <br />sl. Froul, MN ss~oe City of Elk River <br />612.644-4389 P. ~. BOX 490 <br />1.800.886.2923 13055 Orono Parkway <br />Pox: 612-a4a94a6 Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> RE: PAY ESTIMATE NO. 8 <br /> CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 <br /> CERTIFICATE C3F SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION <br /> ELK RIVER WW'I'P, INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS <br />Dear Ms. Johnson: <br />Enclosed are three copies each of the Pay Estimate No. 8, Change..Order No. 1, and <br />ava ENcw€:RINC: Certificate of Substantial Completion for -the above referenced project. Included in the. pay <br />ENviRONMENTAi estimate is the $4,241 deduct from Change Order No. 1. <br />M'JNKIPAI <br />~L4NNMIG .Change Order No. 1 includes all the miscellaneous changes during the course Of the interim <br />s~IDw,asT~ improvement project. These .changes were made to facilitate the next phase. of plant <br />sTRUCruRai expansion and to minimize the construction cost. <br />SURVEYING <br />TRAP~ic The Contractor, Gridor Construction, .Inc. had completed the project substantially, prior <br />TnANSPORTATION t0 November 30, 1994, the contract date for substantial completion. The facility haS been <br />in satisfactory operation since then, and has brought the Plant back in compliance .with the <br />~CTRICAI/MECHANICAL perITllt. There are Iftlllor items t0 be finished by the Contractor, aS shown in the punch list <br />:NGlNEERI"~: attached t0 the Certificate. of Substantial Completion. The Contractor agreed to finish these <br />^~A` items by Febniary 28, 1995, except the items that need to be done in the S nn These <br />°OwER DISTRIBUTION p g' <br />items should not affect the operation of the facility. <br />SCwDA <br />sYSTEMcoNTRO`s The revised contract price, after the $4,241 .deduct from. the Change Order No. 1 is <br />$914,259, less the $892,500 previouslypaid, the amount due the Contractor is $21,759. <br />We recommend the Council to approve the Change Order, Certificate of Substantial <br />Completion.., .and the payment.. We also .recommend, the City continue to withhold the <br />retainage until the items in the Bunch list are complete. <br />' Finally, we like to recognize Mr. Darrell Mack for his foreseeing .suggestion in the <br />Summer of 1993 to implement this interim improvement, when -one of the rotating <br />biological .contactors. failed. By the time the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued <br />GFFICES IN: <br />a violation letter, we were already one step. ahead of the Agency, and had finished the <br />Nr~EAPOUS design of the interim improvements. During the Summer of 1994,. the plant experienced <br />P~Ioa ~,KE a very difficult operation. striving to stop further degradation of effluent quality. Now, the <br />Si. PAUL <br />wASECA <br />