REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 18, 2015
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Consultant Agreement with CH2MHILL Engineers, Inc., for an amount not-to-exceed $7,100,000 for Fiscal Year 2016 Program Management Services (Citywide).
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Consultant Agreement (Agreement) with CH2MHILL Engineers, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $7,100,000 for Fiscal Year 2016 Program Management Services to support implementation of the City of Fresno's five-year, $429 million water capital plan and develop a Capital Project Management Delivery System.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 31, 2013, the City Council appropriated $6,993,000 for the first-year (FY 2014) of a three-year agreement (with the option of two one-year extensions) with CH2MHILL for professional Program Management Services to support the Water Division's implementation of a five-year, $429 million water capital plan to provide a safe, reliable, and resilient water supply system for the community; expand intentional groundwater recharge; repair and replace aging pipelines and wells; comply with the requirements of the recently-enacted Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and comply with soon-to-be-adopted groundwater quality regulations for 1,2,3-trichloropropane ("1,2,3-TCP" or "TCP"). The term date for the first year appropriation was June 30, 2014, and Amendment No. 1 was executed with CH2MHILL to extend the term date of the first year appropriation to July 31, 2014.
On August 5, 2014, the City Council appropriated $6,900,000 for the second-year (FY 2015) of the three-year agreement with CH2MHILL for professional Program Management Services to support the Water Division's implementation of the five-year, $429...
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