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Oakdale council awards $6.21 million in street and park contracts, approves Greenway sidewalk
Summary
The Oakdale City Council approved awards for bundled 2026 street and parking-lot projects and a Greenway Avenue sidewalk contract, and authorized related engineering services; council said bids came near the engineer's estimate and agreed to a small CIP contingency adjustment.
The Oakdale City Council on April 28 approved contracts for the city's 2026 improvement projects, awarding the bundled street reconstruction and Tanner's Park South parking-lot repaving contract and a separate Greenway Avenue sidewalk contract.
Community infrastructure staff presented bid results and recommended council authorization to proceed. "We did open bids on April 16 after publicly advertising," said Brian Bachmeier, the staff presenter; he identified Birch Hill Construction as the low bidder on the bundled street and parking-lot package and Park Construction Company as the low bidder on the Greenway sidewalk.
The bundled package was summarized in council remarks with a low bid stated in the staff presentation (reported in the meeting as approximately $6,206,687.80). The Greenway Avenue sidewalk award was listed as $411,626 to Park Construction. Council adopted Resolution 2026-26 to award the bundled 2026 street/overlay and parking-lot project and Resolution 2026-27 to award the Greenway Avenue sidewalk project. Council also authorized construction-related engineering services with SEH not to exceed $511,301.
Mayor Kevin Zabel noted the Greenway trail has a long history of public feedback and credited a federal grant that helped fund the sidewalk: "It is completing a huge gap in our sidewalk and trail network in this city," he said. Council members moved and seconded the measures and approved them by voice vote; the meeting record does not include individual roll-call tallies.
Staff said the low bids were slightly under the engineer's estimate but slightly over the CIP budget, prompting a request for about a 1% CIP adjustment to provide contingency. The council recorded that bid openings were publicly advertised and that five contractors bid on the bundled work while 11 contractors bid on the Greenway sidewalk.
The awards clear the way for contracting and construction phases this season; staff will proceed with contract execution and engineering services under the authorized limits.
