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<br />~Wl< <br />"'DICKSON <br /> <br />community Infrastructure consultants <br />September 5, 2006 <br /> <br />Cabatrus County Commissionets <br />Cabarrus County <br />65 Church Street, SE <br />Concotd, NC 28026-0707 <br /> <br />Re: Acceptance of Bid <br />fot North Cabarrus Park - Phase III <br />Kannapolis, North Catolina <br />WKD #40500.01.CL <br /> <br />Dear Commissioners: <br /> <br />After teviewing the totals of the three bidders for the North Cabatrus Park Expansion for Phase III, <br />WK Dickson sat down with Cabarrus County Patk and Recreation representative, Mr. Steve Little, to <br />discuss the budget vetses the totals. We reviewed items which were important to the grant and <br />evaluated things thtough a value engineering process which we felt could be reduced or eliminated <br />to ensure the construction of this phase. After our evaluation, we had a meeting to discuss these <br />items with the apparent low bidder, Ike's Construction, and have the following items which will be <br />removed from the bid to reduce the total within the budgeted price: <br /> <br />. Reduce the Bond amount due to reduction of the overall fee $ 1,017.00 <br />. Reduce the amount of dredging in the pond by half (3500 CY) <br /> and teduced lee 29,152.00 <br />. Leave the spoils 01 the dredging and combine in the topsoil <br /> on site verses hauling off site 14,101.00 <br />. Removed tock allowance for rock excavation 25,000.00 <br />. Removed sUlveying due to lee being in the engineering contract 11,500.00 <br />. Changed the concrete sidewalk ftom 8' to 6' wide 9,481.50 <br />. Reduce the boardwalk height over the water to 2' to 4' <br /> maximum and wide from 8' to 7'-811 5,600.00 <br />. Reduced the parking expansion ltom 94 to 64 spaces 26,126.60 <br />. Reduced the contingency from 10% 01 total to $5000 47,079.83 <br /> <br />Total Reduction in Price <br /> <br />$169,057.93 <br /> <br />Original Bid <br />Reduction <br />Total Fee lor acceptance <br /> <br />$572,875,93 <br />169,057,93 <br />$403,818.00 <br /> <br />This lee will include the otiginal intent of the expansion and will allow the county to purchase al/ <br />the equipment as noted to be supplied by county to complete the patk phase. <br /> <br />Si ncerely I <br /> <br />WK Dickson & Co., Inc. <br /> <br /> <br />n.', en Whaley, PE <br />Project Manager <br /> <br /> <br />616 Colonnade Drive <br />Charlotle, NC 28205 <br />Tel. 704.334.5348 <br />Fax 704.334.0078 <br />www.wkdickson.com <br /> <br />(.:-10 <br /> <br />North Carolina. South Carolina . Georgia . Florida <br />