Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing Funding in an Amount Not to Exceed $392,324.00 and Approval of Contracts, Including Design Services with Freese & Nichols, Inc. to Prepare the Main Street to Broad Street 16-Inch Water Line for Public Bidding and Construction (Utility Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the authorization of funding and approval of contracts.
Recommendation
The authorization of funding in an amount not to exceed $392,324.00 and approval of contracts, including design services with Freese & Nichols, Inc to prepare the Main Street to Broad Street 16-Inch Water Line for public bidding and construction.
Description/History
The proposed water line will add another vital link to the southern part of the City’s upper pressure plane by crossing two unique barriers in Walnut Creek and the Union Pacific Railroad. Currently there is only one 24-inch water line that connects the northern and southern half of the upper pressure plane, so this new line will provide added redundancy and allow for more growth in the southern portion of the upper pressure plane. A route study was completed in 2021 to identify the routing, sizing, material options and their relative associated costs for the best route to be identified in preparation for design efforts. This is Project Number 1 identified in the 2019 Water & Wastewater Master Plan and is identified in the 2021 Utility Capital Improvement Plan.
The requested funds are for design services with Freese & Nichols, Inc. in the amount of $224,809.00 which includes an additional 10% design fee contingency, survey services with Brittain & Crawford in the amount of $42,515.00 which includes an additional 10% survey fee contingency, and $125,000.00 for right-of-way and easement acquisition and other miscellaneous services needed to prepare the project for public bidding and construction, for a total budget not to exceed $392,324.00.
Justification
This project is included in the Utility Capital Improvement Plan and identified as Project Number 1 in the 2019 Water & Wastewater Master Plan.
The Director of Public Works will be in attendance at the meeting to answer Council’s questions regarding the proposed funding and contracts.
Funding Source
Utility Fund
Prepared By
Trace Hilton, Project Engineer, Engineering Department, 817-276-4247