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Staff Report for a Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to McGuire and Hester; Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Change Orders Up to 5% Individually, and 25% Cumulatively, of the Contract Amount; and City Council Approval to Appropriate $1,350,000 from the Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise Fund Balance for the Water Pollution Control Plant Asphalt Replacement Project, Project No 2015.0260
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract provides for repaving areas at the City's Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) site, which were not repaved as part of the WPCP Rehabilitation Project, and for installation of water and compressed air underground service piping.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Award a construction contract to McGuire and Hester in the amount of $1,605,700 for the subject project;
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve individual change orders up to 5% (or $80,285) of the original contract amount;
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve change orders up to a cumulative value of 25% (or $401,425) of the original contract amount; and
* Appropriation from the WPCP Enterprise Fund in the amount of $1,350,000 for the subject project.
BACKGROUND
The Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) is a thirty acre facility at the western end of Davis Street that treats sewage from approximately half the City. The recently completed WPCP Rehabilitation project made improvements to many of the structures on site, including the replacement of approximately one third of the onsite pavement. This new project will address the remaining deteriorated pavement surfaces.
This project will repair or replace approximately three acres of asphalt pavement and install about 1,300 linear feet of joint utility trench to provide compressed air and water to sixteen locations. The project is intended to improve the pavement and drainage conditions at the facility. The project will also i...
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