REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 24, 2015
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Fifth Amendment to the Agreement with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group amending the scope of work and reducing the total fee by $3,473 for design modifications for the Friant-Kern Canal Raw Water Pipeline (Council District 6 and Fresno County).
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Council approve the Fifth Amendment to the Agreement with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc., amending the scope of work and reducing the total fee by $3,473 for a revised total fee of $2,704,101 for the professional services associated with the City of Fresno's Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On April 10, 2007, the City and Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group ("Provost & Pritchard") entered into an Agreement for the design of the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project. The proposed pipeline will deliver the City's Central Valley Project (CVP) surface water to the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (NESWTF). This Amendment revises Provost & Pritchard's scope of work to accurately articulate tasks associated with: 1) agency permitting efforts, 2) right-of-way easement acquisition services, and 3) design services. With the execution of Amendment No. 5, the design portion of the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project will be 100-percent complete, and no further amendments for design services will be required for the project.
BACKGROUND
Presently, the City's contract with the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) for Central Valley Project (CVP) surface water, travels nearly 55 miles in open canals from Friant Dam (Millerton Lake) to the NESWTF. The proposed project consists of the construction of a 5.6-mile 60-inch diameter underground raw water pipeline. The ne...
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