247761 ORIQ:NAL TO CITY CLERK �����+
• CITY O� ST. PAUL FOENCIL NO.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
OUNCIL RE OLUTI N—GENERAL FORM
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PRESENTED BY
COMMISSIONE DATF
RESOLYED: Tha,t the Purchasing Agent, on the reque�t of the I3epartment of Public
Safety, Bureau of Fi.r� Proteetion, be author3.zed to purchase from Minnesota Mining
& Maauu�'acturing Coaipar�y as pa,tented items under secti4n 290 of the City Charter
without F'ormal Bid or Adv�rtis�ment the necessary "Opticom" system equ3.pment and
techuical �ervices to instd.11 this equip�ent for 190 3.ntersectians of the City of
Saint Paul, and 25 Model 151 "Opticom" emitters for emer�ency veh�.cles, at a total
cost of �200,Of30.00,
This equipment is waxran,teed for a �hree yeax period by Minnesota Mining $� Manu-
�'acturing Company.
The Corporat3on Counsel is her�by directed to draPt necessary contract for signatures
o� b�th part3.es.
Funds Yor this purchas� have been allocated out of the C.I.B. Funds for 1970.
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6000-820 to be reimbursed from 9170-460-001
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APPRO�VED AS TO FOI�I: APPR4YED:
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COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council �� � � 9—
Yeas Naya
Carlson 5 19�0
Dalglish Approved �R 19—
Meredith �
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Peteraon � �
Sprafk2 � Mayor
Tedesco A gainst
Mr. President, Byrne 1��SHED MAR 7 1974
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GENERAL OFFICES • 3M CENTER • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55101 • TEL. 733-1110
Februa 17 1970 ��,u/ '.
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Mr. Robert Heaudry
Purchasing Agent
City ot Saint Psul
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Mr. Beaudrys
The 3M Company offera to undertake a firs tix�d prica
contract in th� amount ot T�ro Hundred Thousand Dollar•
($200,000.00) to provide and install 200 fntersections in the
City of St. Paul, Minnesota with "OPTICOM" Brand Tratfic
Control Devicea and apecial indicator lights as speci�isd by
the City o� St. Paul, as well as to furniah twenty-five (2S)
�lsl "OPTICOM" Bmittera, under the terma and conditio�s aa
outlined below. Except for the work involved in pullinq
�l�etrical wires throuqh conduit, �rhfch will be eubcontract�d,
all hardware, equipment, wfre, and labor, less th� �loodlaaap
bulbs, will be providsd by the 3M Cca�any.
It is und�rstood and aqre�d that there �ay b� int�rsectiona
wher• du• to uncontrollable cirewastancsa th� wir• cannot be
pulled throuqh existing conduit (brok�n, capacity, etc. ) .
Khere thia condition is exp�rienced and deteruin�d by mutual -
aqreement between the City of St. Paul and the 3M Coapany.
the intera�ction will not b� wired nor "OBTICOM" Devices
inatalled. The above described intersectiona that cannot
b� wired will bs reconatructed to provide euitable conduit
by th• City of St. Paul prior to �►uqust 1, 1971 or alternate
interssctions will be deaiqnated by the City o� St. Paul to
b� wir�d and supplied with the "OPTICOM" equipaient.
As s�gmenta ar� completed, segsents to be mutually
aqreed upon by the City of St. Paul an8 3M Company, th• cos-
pleted installations vrill bs inapected and approv�d by th�
St. Paul police and Fire Alarm Departaent.
1i11NNESOTA RIINING AND RIANUFALTURING CORIPANY
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Upon completion of installations that are capable of
being installed without reconstruction, the City of St. Paul
will within ninety (90) days after installation app�ove and
accept the completed installations and submit payment to 3M
Company. All work shall be completed in good workmanlike
manner in accordance with the warranty set forth below.
In the event that the subcontracted portion of
the proposed work involving the electrical conduit pullinq
operation exceeds in cost, the $31 ,500. 00 allocated in this
proposal for such work, the 3M Company proposes to notify
the City of St. Paul. When the specific intersections
are designated and a firm fixed price subcontract bid from
a responsible firm is received, if such bid exceeds the afore-
mentioned $31,500.00 amount, the 3M Company reserves the
right to renegotiate the total firm fixed price of its
prime contract with the City of St. Paul, or, in the
alternative, renegotiate downward the total number of inter-
sections on which the "OPTICOM" system is to be installed
in order to conform with the anticipated costs as proposed
and the amount of funding available from the city.
Sincerely,
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E. L. McKenzie
Department Manager
New Business Development
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Specification attached / � / /
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GENERAL OFFICES • 3M CENTER • ST. PAUI, MINNESOTA 55101 • TEL. 733-1110
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February 23, 1970
cc: Hon. Wm. Carlson - Comm. Public Safety
Mr. Robert Beaudry
Purchasing Agent
City of Saint Paul
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Mr. Beaudry,
As a supplement to our letter proposal of February 17 to
provide and install 200 intersections of the City of St.
Paul, Minnesota along with supplementary attachments may
we advise you that we now have a firm bid from a
reputable electrical contractor covering the subcontracted
portion of the underground and detector mounting segn►ents
of our detailed proposal submitted February 17, 1970.
We now have the necessary data to revise our proposal
of February 17, 1970 and hereby assure the City of St.
Paul of the complete installation of a minimum of one
hundred and ninety (190) intersections subject to the
. same physical conditions detailed in the February 17
proposal, i.e. The conduits must be in such condition
as to permit normal pulling of wires and not involve
broken conduit nor those conduits which are overloaded
and cannot accommodate additional wires.
Accordingly, 3M reaffirms its offer to undertake a firm
contract to provide one hundred and ninety (190) intersections
with "OPTICOM" Brand Traffic Control Devices, special indicator
lights as well as to furnish twenty-five (25) �151 "OPTICOM"
Brand Emitters for emergency vehicles:
190 sets of Intersection Hardware includinq the
following:
Phase selectors
Phase selector brackets
Detectors
Detector cable
Wire harness assembly
Indicator hardware and cable
Installation of aforementioned hardware at the
designated intersections.
Sincerely,
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E. L. McKenzi����
Department Manager
New Business Develpp�ent
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