Last August the city council held an Improvement Hearing to
consider paving the roads in the subdivision of Whitebirch 6th. The roads in this subdivision include Navajo
Trail, Zuni Circle, Aztec Circle, Pima Circle and Pawnee Circle. The majority of these roads have a good
gravel base and don’t require a lot of upgrading. Currently the grade on Pawnee
Circle is in excess of 10% making this a maintenance and safety problem. With this degree of slope we also have problems
with drainage. This slope is a bit too
steep so this roadway will be brought down to an 8% grade. To
address the drainage concern we will be installing surmountable concrete
curbing on both sides of the hill to minimize erosion. The additional cost for the change in Pawnee
will be paid by the city while assessments for paving of the roadways will be a
property owner cost. The total project
cost was estimated at $444,000.
After the Improvement Hearing, plans and specifications were
ordered for the improvements so that bids could be received on the
project. Accomplishing this requires a
good deal of time as survey work is needed before design work can
commence. Plans and specifications were
completed and reviewed by the city council at the January meeting. In addition to approval of the plans the
council also authorized the seeking of bids.
Bids were received on January 31, 2017.
The city council reviewed bids at the February 6th
meeting. Four bids were received; Tri-City,
Anderson Brothers, DeChantel Excavating, and Pratts Affordable Excavating. The low bidder was for the improvements came from
Pratts Affordable Excavating at $199,699.00.
These were very good bids and well below the engineers estimate.
With bids in hand we know the actual cost of the improvement
and the proposed assessments. In
considering costs to be assessed, the assessment amounts to $3,744.09 per unit.
This
compares to the cost at the feasibility stage of $6,029 per unit. With favorable bids an assessment hearing was
scheduled for February 27th.
Assuming the project moves forward, construction would
commence after road restrictions are lifted, typically in late May. Construction would occur over the summer
months with final completion in September.
We look forward to a successful project.
