City of Fresno - File #: ID#14-254

• File #: ID#14-254
• Version: 1
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/4/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/21/2014
• Final action: 8/21/2014
• Title: Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for the Design of the City of Fresno's 80-Million Gallon Per Day Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and Raw Water Diversion and Conveyance Pipeline and Authorize the Director of Public Utilities or his designee to sign the Amendment on behalf of the City of Fresno (City)
• Sponsors: Department of Public Utilities

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/21/2014	1	City Council	APPROVED	Pass

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


August 21, 2014


FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities

THROUGH: MARTIN A. QUERIN, PE, Assistant Director
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division

BY: BROCK D. BUCHE, PE, PLS, Supervising Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division

GLENN A. KNAPP, PE, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division

SUBJECT
Title
Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for the Design of the City of Fresno's 80-Million Gallon Per Day Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and Raw Water Diversion and Conveyance Pipeline and Authorize the Director of Public Utilities or his designee to sign the Amendment on behalf of the City of Fresno (City)

Body
RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that City Council:

1. Approve the Second Amendment to the Professional Engineering Consultant Services Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., increasing the fee amount by $52,867 for a Total Fee amount of $9,427,467 and reduce the contingency amount to $563,533, for design modifications to the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and additional tasks for design of the associated Raw Water Diversion and Conveyance Pipeline.

2. Authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or his designee, to sign the amendment on behalf of the City.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The City has rolled-out a bold water resource management plan to correct long-term over-utilization of the groundwater aquifer by developing facilities to treat available surface water supplies for potable use. With construction activities anticipated to begin in August 2015, an amendment to the professional consultant services agreement with Carollo Engineers is needed to implement design service changes for the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and to add design services for development of construction contract documents for the ...