REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 9, 2020
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: BRIAN S. SPINDOR, PEWA, Assistant Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MATTHEW L. BULLIS, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $239,950, to develop a Wastewater Collection System Renewal and Replacement Plan (Citywide)
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., (Akel) in the amount not to exceed $239,950, including a contingency of $20,000, to develop a Wastewater Collection System Renewal and Replacement Plan (Project), and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign all documents on behalf of the City of Fresno (City).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Under the proposed Consultant Services Agreement, Akel will develop a Renewal and Replacement Plan for the City's Wastewater Collection System. The purpose of the Project is to identify and prioritize renewal and replacement strategies of the City's aging gravity sewer infrastructure using a risk-based approach in managing sewer assets, which has become the standard in the wastewater industry. Following a competitive process, Akel was selected as the most qualified consultant with the expertise to meet the City's needs for this Project.
BACKGROUND
The City has a sewer collection service area that covers nearly 114 square miles and serves approximately 542,000 residential customers as well as commercial and industrial accounts through a network of approximately 1,600 miles of pipeline, 24,390 manholes and 15 sewer lift stations. The Fresno/Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility treats over 57-million gallons of wastewater daily. The purpose of the Project is to define a sustainable st...
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