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Discussion and action on Downtown Waterline Project
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SUMMARY: Two items require action on the downtown waterline project:
The contractor is offering a savings to the City if he is allowed to perform a band-aid repair on the sidewalks in the areas of the sidewalk replacement project.
The location that the waterline project stops on the north end of the project leaves the existing 6 inch PVC line in petroleum saturated soils. It is recommended that the City Manager be given permission to negotiate unit price reductions with the contractor for a line extension from the north end of the project to Genesis Road and that alternate funding be acquired for this section. The alternate funding has many benefits such as less paperwork on the contractor, the environmental document will not need to be revised and City Staff can perform the inspections. This also leaves more monies in the SRF budget for the Brookhaven and Highland Lane Waterline Replacement Project.
The estimate cost for construction is $353,146.80 and The total engineering cost is $28,500. A fee of $3,200 has been negotiated with ECE for the monitoring of the soils. The total project cost is estimated to be $384,846.80.
BUDGET ACCOUNT:
Recommended Action
NECESSARY COUNCIL ACTION:
1. Approve plan for sidewalk repair.
2. Approve the agreement with CT Consultants in the amount of $28,500, approve the monitoring with ECE at the lump sum amount of $3,200 and give the City Manager permission to negotiate new lower unit prices and contract time modifications with the contractor for a change order recommendation to the City Council.