From
Ron McCuller
Title
Engineering Contract with Freese & Nichols, Inc.-30"/36" Water Transmission Line for Robinson Road Elevated Water Storage Tank in the Lump Sum Amount of $483,000, plus a 4% contingency of $17,000, for a total request of $500,000
Presenter
Ron McCuller, Public Works Director
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City's Water Master Plan calls for replacement of the 1 million gallon Robinson Road Elevated Water Storage Tank with a 2 million gallon tank to accommodate the growth of the city. The plan calls for the replacement of the tank and a 30"/36" water line to provide adequate supply to the tank. The plan called for these facilities to be built in 2020-2021 and the CIP shows proposed funding in those years. However, the growth of the city and in particular expansion along the 161 corridor and a preliminary analysis of needed water line routing reveals that the available route will require considerable right-of-way/easement acquisition and design time that will likely take two or more years.
The tank construction will need to be coordinated with the planned demolition and relocation of Fire Station No. 3. However, at the time the tank is constructed we need to have the 30"/36" supply line in place. Since we anticipate at least 2 years of land acquisition and design before we can bid the water line, we need to move forward with the engineering design for this project in order to meet the projected timeline for the tank replacement.
We are recommending award of an engineering contract to our Water Master Plan Engineers, Freese & Nichols, Inc. in the amount of $483,000 to provide for the waterline design, route feasibility studies including the detail of land acquisition for each route as well as the impacts on other utilities, streets, private property and related issues, minimizing impacts of the waters of the U.S., coordination with the Texas Historical Commission, perform surveys and easement descriptions, specify need...
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