Title
Resolution - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Approving Professional Services Contracts with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for Design Services and Brittain and Crawford, LLC for Surveying Services, and Approving Funding in an Amount not to Exceed $169,400.00 for the Country Club Walnut Creek Crossing Repair; Finding That the Meeting at Which This Resolution Is Passed Is Open to the Public as Required by Law; And Declaring an Effective Date (Utility Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the authorization of funding and approval of contracts.
Recommendation
The authorization of funding in an amount not to exceed $169,400.00 and approval of contracts, including design with Freese and Nichols, Inc. and survey services with Brittain and Crawford, LLC to prepare the Country Club Walnut Creek Crossing Repair for public bidding and construction.
Description/History
An existing wastewater gravity main crossing Walnut Creek near Country Club Drive has failed after being exposed in the creek bottom. The existing pipeline is not anchored or protected from forces applied by water currents in the creek. Public Works Field Operations has temporarily repaired and restrained the pipe crossing the creek in effort to mitigate failures until the pipeline can be permanently repaired or rerouted.
This project includes the evaluation of two options to correct the issue with the best option to be selected by the City of Mansfield’s Engineering Services for design and construction. The evaluation will include either reconstructing the 8-inch wastewater gravity main crossing Walnut Creek with an aerial crossing or reroute the sewer flow to a nearby gravity main in Country Club Dr.
The requested funds are for design with Fresse and Nichols, Inc. in the amount of $140,900.00 which includes a 5% contingency ($6,786.00) for potential design scope changes, survey services with Brittain and Crawford in the amount of $16,000.00 includes a 10% contingency (...
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