REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 25, 2019
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: DEJAN PAVIC, PE, Public Utilities Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to approving Contract Change Order No. 8 to the construction contract with Mountain Cascade Inc., for the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project (Bid File 3372-2) (Council District 6 and Fresno County):
1. ***RESOLUTION - 35th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2018-157 to appropriate $694,300 in the State Revolving Fund Low Interest Loan Fund for the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's veto)
2. Approve Contract Change Order No. 8 to the construction contract with Mountain Cascade Inc., for the Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project to increase the total construction contract amount by $694,310
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council adopt the 35th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2018-157 to appropriate $694,300 in additional funds for the Contract Change Order (CCO) No. 8 cost to construct City of Fresno's (City's) Friant-Kern Canal Pipeline Project (Project), and approve CCO No. 8 with Mountain Cascade Inc., (Contractor) for the City's Project, to increase the total construction contract amount by $694,310.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering, requests the adoption of the 35th Amendment to the AAR No. 2018-157 and the approval of CCO No. 8 for the Project. This CCO No. 8 incorporates a credit for unused mediator allowance and compensation for claims filed by the Contractor. The approval of this $694,310 CCO No. 8, cumulatively with the previously approved CCOs No. 1 through No. 7, will increase the original contract amount by 10.71% to a new total construction contract value of $16,781,687.22. The construction work on the Project is complete...
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