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Osceola council approves Resolution 2024-36 to advance Central Business District streetscape
Summary
The Osceola City Council approved Resolution 2024-36 on Sept. 17, 2024 to proceed with preliminary plans and advertise bids for a major Central Business District streetscape project that includes thousands of square yards of concrete, permeable pavers, extensive storm and sanitary sewer work, and new water mains and street lighting.
The Osceola City Council voted Sept. 17 to approve Resolution 2024-36, authorizing preliminary plans and soliciting bids for the CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT STREETCAPE project.
The resolution, approved on a motion by Councilmember George Fotiadis and seconded by Thomas Bahls, directs the city to proceed with the project design and bidding process and schedules a public hearing on the plans. The roll-call recorded in the transcript lists Fotiadis, Bahls and Sonya Hicks as voting "aye;" the motion carried. The transcript does not record the votes of the other council members for this motion.
According to the resolution text read into the record, the project’s scope includes roughly 4,400 square yards of 10-inch Portland cement concrete and 8,200 square yards of 8-inch Portland cement concrete; about 6,700 square yards of sidewalk and driveway removal and replacement; approximately 48,000 square feet of permeable interlocking pavers; about 3,300 linear feet of 15-inch through 36-inch storm sewer; roughly 600 linear feet of 8-inch through 18-inch sanitary sewer pipe with services, manholes and intakes; and about 2,500 linear feet of 8-inch and 10-inch water main with services, fittings, valves and hydrant assemblies. The work also includes street lights, subbase, subdrains, surface restoration, testing, mobilization, traffic control and cleanup.
The resolution cites Division VI of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa as the statutory framework for holding a public hearing and advertising for bids before entering construction contracts. The council set the public hearing date in a subsequent motion to Nov. 12, 2024.
City staff will now finalize the published notice to bidders and the detailed contract documents and then seek competitive bids. The council did not vote on funding sources for construction in the action recorded in the transcript; the resolution and notice to bidders referenced an estimate of cost on file with the city clerk for public inspection.
The next formal step recorded in the meeting minutes is the public hearing and the advertisement for bids; the timeline for construction award was not specified in the transcript.
