PUBLISH

(February 17, 24,

2024)

ADVERTISEMENT

FOR BIDS

2024 MSAS Improve-

ment Project (20th

South Street)

SP 148-110-010

NEW ULM, MN

RECEIPT AND OPEN-

ING OF PROPO-

SALS: Sealed propo-

sals for the work

described below will be

received at the Office

of the City Finance

Director, City of New

Ulm, 100 North Broad-

way, New Ulm, Min-

nesota 56073-0636 un-

til 11:00 a.m. on

Wednesday,

March 13, 2024, at

which time the bids will

be opened and publicly

read.

DESCRIPTION OF

WORK: The work in-

cludes the construction

of approximately:

6“-12” PVC WATER-

MAIN 2203

LIN FT

8“-30” PVC PIPE

SEWER 1588

LIN FT

12“-42” RC PIPE

SEWER DESIGN 3006

2117 LIN FT

LINING SEWER PIPE

379 LIN FT

CONSTRUCT

DRAINAGE STRUC-

TURE

384 LIN FT

COMMON EXCAVA-

TION 12567

CU YD

AGGERGATE BASE

CLASS 5 14878 TON

TYPE SP 9.5 WEAR-

ING COURSE MIX-

TURE (2,C) 2832

TON

TYPE SP 12.5 WEAR-

ING COURSE MIX-

TURE (2,B) 2832

TON

BITUMINOUS SEAL

COAT 10707 SQ YD

CONCRETE DRIVE-

WAY PAVEMENT 745

SQ YD

4“-6” CONCRETE

WALK 8483 SQ FT

CONCRETE CURB

AND GUTTER

DESIGN B624 4648

LIN FT

SEEDING 1.2 ACRES

SODDING 1660 SQ

YD

STREET LIGHTING

SYSTEM 1 LUMP

SUM

together with

numerous related

items of work, all in ac-

cordance with Plans

and Specifications.

This project is subject

to Prevailing Wage

Rates, Truck Rentals,

Equal Employment Op-

portunity Provisions,

Buy American Iron and

Steel Provisions, and

Responsible Contrac-

tor Certification.

Minimum wage rates to

be paid by the Contrac-

tors have been

predetermined and are

subject to the Work

Hours Act of 1962, P.L.

87-581 and implement-

ing regulations.

READ CAREFULLY

THE WAGE SCALES

AND DIVISION A OF

THE SPECIAL

PROVISIONS AS

THEY AFFECT

THIS/THESE

PROJECT/PROJECTS

The Minnesota Depart-

ment of Transportation

hereby notifies all

bidders:

in accordance with Ti-

tle VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964 (Act), as

amended and Title 49,

Code of Federal Regu-

lations, Subtitle A Part

21, Non-discrimination

in Federally-assisted

programs of the

Department of Tran-

sportation, it will affir-

matively assure that in

any contract entered

into pursuant to this

advertisement, disad-

vantaged business en-

terprises will be afford-

ed maximum opportun-

ity to participate and/or

to submit bids in

response to this invita-

tion, and will not be

discriminated against

on the grounds of race,

color, disability, age,

sex or national origin in

consideration for an

award;

in accordance with Ti-

tle VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964 as amend-

ed, and Title 23, Code

of Federal Regulations,

Part 230 Subpart

A-Equal Employment

Opportunity on Federal

and Federal-Aid Con-

struction Contracts (in-

cluding supportive ser-

vices), it will affirma-

tively assure increased

participation of minority

groups and disadvan-

taged persons and

women in all phases of

the highway construc-

tion industry, and that

on any project con-

structed pursuant to

this advertisement

equal employment op-

portunity will be provid-

ed to all persons

without regard to their

race, color, disability,

age, religion, sex or

national origin;

in accordance with the

Minnesota Human

Rights Act, Minnesota

Statute 363A.08 Unfair

discriminatory Prac-

tices, it will affirmative-

ly assure that on any

project constructed

pursuant to this adver-

tisement equal employ-

ment opportunity will

be offered to all per-

sons without regard to

race, color, creed, reli-

gion, national origin,

sex, marital status,

status with regard to

public assistance,

membership or activity

in a local commission,

disability, sexual orien-

tation, or age;

in accordance with the

Minnesota Human

Rights Act, Minnesota

Statute 363A.36 Certifi-

cates of Compliance

for Public Contracts,

and 363A.37 Rules for

Certificates of Compli-

ance, it will assure that

appropriate parties to

any contract entered

into pursuant to this

advertisement possess

valid Certificates of

Compliance.

If you have employed

more than 40 full-time

employees in any

state, on any single

working day during the

previous 12 months,

you must have a com-

pliance certificate is-

sued by the Minnesota

Department of Human

Rights to bid on any

job in this advertise-

ment. Please contact

the Department of Hu-

man Rights immediate-

ly if you need assis-

tance in obtaining a

certificate.

The following notice

from the Minnesota

Department of Human

Rights applies to all

contractors:

“It is hereby agreed

between the parties

that Minnesota Statute,

section 363A.36 and

Minnesota Rules, parts

5000.3400 to

5000.3600 are incor-

porated into any con-

tract between these

parties based on this

specification or any

modification of it. A

copy of Minnesota Sta-

tute 363A.36 and Min-

nesota Rules, parts

5000.3400 to

5000.3600 is available

upon request from the

contracting agency.”

“It is hereby agreed

between the parties

that this agency will re-

quire affirmative action

requirements be met

by contractors in rela-

tion to Minnesota Sta-

tute 363A.36 and Min-

nesota Rules

5000.3600. Failure by

a contractor to imple-

ment an affirmative ac-

tion plan or make a

good faith effort shall

result in revocation of

its certificate or revoca-

tion of the contract

(Minnesota Statute

363A.36, Subd. 2 and

3).”

A minimum goal of

10.2% Good Faith Ef-

fort to be subcontract-

ed to Disadvantaged

Business Enterprises.

COMPLETION OF

WORK: All work

under the Contract

must be complete by

07/25/2025.

PLAN HOLDERS

LIST, ADDENDUMS

AND BID TABULA-

TION: The plan hold-

ers list, addendums

and bid tabulations will

be available for down-

load on-line at

www.questcdn.com or

www.bolton-menk.com

TO OBTAIN BID DO-

CUMENTS: Complete

digital project bidding

documents are avail-

able at

www.questcdn.com or

www.bolton-menk.com.

You may view the digi-

tal plan documents for

free by entering Quest

project #8968589 on

the website’s Project

Search page. Docu-

ments may be down-

loaded for $30.00.

Please contact

QuestCDN.com at

952-233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for

assistance in free

membership registra-

tion, viewing, down-

loading, and working

with this digital project

information. An option-

al paper set of project

documents is also

available for a nonre-

fundable price of

$100.00 per set, which

includes applicable

sales tax and shipping.

Please make your

check payable to Bol-

ton & Menk, Inc. and

send it to

1243 Cedar Street NE,

Sleepy Eye, MN,

56085, (507)

810-4184.

BID SUBMITTAL A

Bid shall be submitted

no later than the date

and time prescribed.

Prospective bidders

must be on the plan

holders list through

QuestCDN for bids to

be accepted.

PROPOSAL

GUARANTY: A Propo-

sal Bond in the amount

of not less than 5 per-

cent of the total

amount bid, drawn in

favor of the City of New

Ulm shall accompany

each bid.

OWNER’S RIGHTS

RESERVED: The

Owner reserves the

right to reject any or all

bids and to waive any

irregularities and infor-

malities therein and to

award the Contract to

other than the lowest

bidder if, in their discre-

tion, the interest of the

Owner would be best

served thereby.

DATED:

02/08/2024

Chris Dalton

City Manager

Published:

QuestCDN: 02/08/2024

The New Ulm Journal:

02/17/2024,

02/24/2024

Finance & Cmmerce:

02/17/2024,

02/24/2024

SALT eAdvert:

PUBLISH

(February 17, 24,

2024)

ADVERTISEMENT

FOR BIDS

Sealed bids may be

delivered to the Office

of the Finance Director,

Municipal Building, lo-

cated at 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

Minnesota 56073 prior

to the 10:00 A.M. bid

opening on

WEDNESDAY, the 13

th day of MARCH,

2024 . The City will

publicly open and read

all bids received by the

Finance Director im-

mediately thereafter for

the furnishing of all la-

bor, tools, equipment,

materials and every

other article or thing

necessary for the com-

plete construction of

the following improve-

ment, to-wit:

2024 Utility, Street

and Alley Improve-

ment Project

Work includes im-

provements to munici-

pal utilities, streets, al-

leys,

and sidewalks at vari-

ous locations within the

City limits of New Ulm,

Minnesota.

All bids must be sealed

and marked “2024

Utility, Street and Al-

ley Improvement Pro-

ject” and each and

every proposal must be

accompanied by a

cash deposit , cashier’s

check, bid bond or

certified check for not

less than five percent

(5%) of the amount of

such bid, payable to

the City, to be forfeited

to the City in case the

successful bidder fails

to enter into contract

and to furnish satisfac-

tory bond within ten

(10) days after accep-

tance of such bid. The

bid will remain subject

to acceptance for 45

days after the day of

bid opening. The City

reserves the right to re-

ject any and all bids.

The plans and specifi-

cations prepared by

the City Engineer are

on file and may be ex-

amined at the City

Engineer’s Office.

Complete digital pro-

ject plans and specifi-

cations are available at

www.newulmmn.gov or

www.questcdn.com.

You may download the

digital plan documents

for $30.00 by inputting

Quest project

#8841063 on the

website’s Project

Search page. Please

contact

QuestCDN.com at

952-233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for

assistance in free

membership registra-

tion, downloading, and

working with this digital

project information. An

optional paper set of

the plans and specifi-

cations may be ob-

tained at the Office of

the City Engineer, 100

North Broadway, New

Ulm, Minnesota 56073.

A non-refundable pay-

ment of $100.00, which

includes applicable

sales tax and shipping,

will be required for

each paper set of plans

and specifications is-

sued.

Approximate quantities

of work include: 2,921

LF Water Main; 1,432

LF Sanitary Sewer

Main; 46 LF Sanitary

Sewer Manhole Struc-

tures; 4 Water End

Services; 9 Sanitary

Sewer End Services;

3,700 LF Curb & Gutter

Removals; 7,950 CY

Common Excavation;

12,200 TONS Aggre-

gate Base; 6,500

TONS Bituminous

Pavement; 6,725 SY

Full-Depth Reclama-

tion; 2,400 LF Sub-

drain Tubing; 1,047 LF

RCP Storm Sewer Pip-

ing; 42.7 LF Storm

Sewer Catch Basin

Structures; 40 Manhole

& Catch Basin Cast-

ings; 14,715 SF Con-

crete Sidewalk; 3,637

LF V624 Curb &

Gutter; 218 SY 7″ Con-

crete Driveway Pave-

ment; 1,324 SY Sod-

ding; 1 Street Lighting

System; Temporary

Traffic Control and

Pavement Markings.

By Order of the City

Council

Chris Dalton

City Manager

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota

this 6 th day of Febru-

ary, 2024

PUBLISH

(FEBRUARY 17,

2024)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

WHEREAS, the New

Ulm Planning Commis-

sion has initiated

proceedings to consid-

er the amendment of

Chapter 9 and Chapter

10 of Appendix A –

Zoning Ordinance of

the City Code to

reduce the number of

required parking

spaces for residential

units in the B-4 (Cen-

tral Business) zoning

district from two

spaces to one space.

WHEREAS, the City

Code requires that this

matter be considered

by the New Ulm Plan-

ning Commission.

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED,

pursuant to the City

Code, the New Ulm

Planning Commission

will meet at 4:30 P.M.

on Thursday, February

29, 2024 in the City

Hall Council

Chambers, 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

Minnesota to consider

this matter. The public

and all interested par-

ties are hereby official-

ly notified of said hear-

ing.

All written comments

will be read into the

record and must be re-

ceived by Noon,

Wednesday, February

28, 2024, and shall be

submitted to: Com-

munity Development

Department, City of

New Ulm, 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

MN 56073 or to

davids@newulmmn.gov.

If you have any ques-

tions on this item, you

may call the Communi-

ty Development

Department at

507-359-8245.