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Ordinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; and Change Order/Amendment No. 1 for the engineering contract with Espey Consultants Inc. DBA RPS for general support services related to the City's wastewater system master plan and operations in the amount of $72,768
Presenter
Ron McCuller, Public Works Director
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Espey Consultants is the firm that master planned the City's wastewater system and as such has a hydraulic model of the system and is in the best position to perform necessary support services such as 1) reviewing wastewater flows using TRA data and advising the City on anomalies in data as applied to the city's wastewater service areas and expected wastewater flows, 2) assisting in completing the mothballed South Sector Lift Station which we constructed before development stopped and has never been used, 3) providing analysis of proposed land development projects in the city to advise on impacts to the City's wastewater collection system, 4) assisting in response to active sanitary sewer overflows occurring in the city's wastewater system that do not involve simple stoppages but are related to capacity and inflitration/inflow issues, and 5) updating the city's design standards for wastewater design when improvements to the system are considered.
This particular contract specifically addresses the installation of check meters to continue the field investigation/accuracy of TRA billing meters as well as other support services described above.
The current Change Order/Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $72,768 represents the proposed change in scope for the analysis of data on two week intervals, extended temporary flow metering period until 11/3/16 and additional general support in reviewing flow data.
Financial Consideration
Funding for change order/amendment No.1, in the amount of $72,768 is available by approving an ordinance transferring and appropriating from the unobligated fund balance in the Wastewater Capital Projects Fund (500692), WO #01612703 (TRA Wastewater Support) 61039 (Professional Services).
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FY 2015/2016 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING AND APPROPRIATING $72,768 FROM THE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCE IN THE WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND (500692) WO #01612703 (TRA WASTEWATER SUPPORT)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget be amended by transferring and appropriating $72,768 from the unobligated fund balance in the Wastewater Capital Projects Fund (500692) WO #01612703(TRA Wastewater Support) 61039 (Professional Services).
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 20TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2016.