City Council Meeting Date: February 20, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Cole Johnson, Water Quality Specialist
Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
David E. Bennett, PE - Public Works Director/City Engineer
Subject:
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Consider Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Order Advertisement for Bids for the Lincoln Waterway Box Culvert Improvement Project (STRM2022-K36).
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached Resolution (Attachment 1) Approving the Plans and Specifications for the Lincoln Waterway Box Culvert Improvement Project (STRM2022-K36) and Authorizes the Ad for Bid.
Summary Report:
In 2020, the City contracted with Bolton & Menk, Inc. to update the City's surface water model as well as review and discover known and unknown localized flooding issues throughout the community but unrelated to the flooding created throughout the Cannon River Corridor. The flooding throughout the Cannon River Corridor was/is being assessed through a separate project known as the Downtown Flooding Preliminary Improvement Assessment.
Localized flooding events were reviewed after the modeling was complete and categorized based on whether or not the flooding event was a larger regional event and would benefit from City intervention and whether or not the issue could be solved from City infrastructure modification/addition or if a private property structure acquisition/modification would be required. From these characterizations, City Council gave staff direction to persue the identified flood mitigation projects that could be resolved from city infrastructure addition or modification.
On June 21, 2022 City Council authorized staff to enter a professional services agreement with Bolton and Menk, Inc. (Motion 22-416) to complete the design of one of the improvements identified in the 2020 Surface Water Model Update, known as the Lincoln Waterway Box Culvert Improve...
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