TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Jim Arndt, Public Works Director
Steve Finton, City Engineer
Gilbert Gamboa, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Award of Construction Contract to T.E. Roberts, Inc. ($982,785) for the 2011-2012 Water Main Replacement Project, Phase 2 (Area 7 - south Sand Section; including Highland Ave, 7th Street, 6th Street and Morningside Drive).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to award a construction contract in the amount of $982,785 to T.E. Roberts, Inc. for the 2011-12 Water Main Replacement Project, Phase 2 (Area 7 - south Sand Section);
2. Authorize the City Manager to approve additional construction work, if necessary, in an amount not-to-exceed $82,547 (8.5%).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Water Enterprise Funds in the amount of $2,750,000 have been appropriated by City Council for this project. Phase 1 was completed in 2012 at a cost of $1,569,774* leaving a balance of funds in the amount of $1,180,226 available for Phase 2. See Attachment 1 for expenditure details in tabular format. (*Final costs for the Phase 1 project are being finalized through negotiations with the Phase 1 contractor. A budget adjustment would be needed if final costs exceed this amount.)
BACKGROUND:
This project is part of the City’s annual water main replacement program. Projects to repair or replace water and sewer mains were included in the five year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) previously adopted by City Council.
The 2011-2012 Water Main Replacement Projects (Phase 1 and 2) includes the replacement of a total of 11,600 linear feet of undersized and/or deteriorated water pipe, and consists of mainline replacements at a total of eleven (11) street locations in the City’s Sand Section as shown on Attachments 2 and 3, respectively. New wa...
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