HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 18 - Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvement ProjectMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: JULY 7, 2015
SUBJECT: AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT — 2015 WATER AND
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
City Council consider
• awarding the construction contract for the 2015 Water and Sanitary Sewer
Improvement Project to Sabre Development Corp. in the amount of $1,751,012.00,
• adopting an ordinance appropriating $1,838,562.60 for the contract award plus a
5% contingency to the FY 2014 — 2015 Capital Improvements Plan,
• authorizing the City Manager to execute said contract, and
take any necessary action.
FUNDING:
Funds are available and programmed in the Water and Sanitary Sewer Released Impact
Fees and in the 2015 Utility Bond Sale.
This project consists of both water line improvements and sanitary sewer improvements.
The water improvements address needs at seven locations across the City consisting of
water line replacements/upsizing and installing new lines to improve system circulation and
water quality issues. The specific locations targeted in this water improvement project are:
• Dooley Street; Install new 8" water line between Silver Lake Elementary School to
Dunn Street
• Dove Loop; Replace existing 6" with 8" water line between Dooley Street and Boyd
Drive
• Boyd Drive; Replace existing 8" water line between Dove Loop and Northwest
Highway
• College Street; Replace 4" existing water line with 8" water line at Crossing of
Morehead Branch between Scribner and Ball Street
• Provide 8" water connection between Winding Creek Addition and Woodlake
Apartments
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• Redbud Lane; Replace existing 2" east of Dooley with a 6" water line
• Cable Creek Court; Connect existing dead end water line to new line in Dooley
Street
The sanitary sewer improvements address needs due to failures and deterioration due to
corrosive sewer gasses. The specific locations targeted in this sewer improvement project
are:
• 16 sanitary sewer manholes along Wildwood, Dooley and Dove Loop that will be
replaced or rehabilitated depending on level of sewer gas deterioration.
Replacing the existing sanitary sewer crossing under SH 360, just south of Stone
Myers Parkway. Holes have been discovered within the existing ductile iron pipe,
small sections have already failed and additional failure is imminent. This will
include a new casing pipe and a sanitary sewer line under TxDOT right-of-way over
a length of approximately 500 LF.
Bids were opened on May 19, 2015 with three bids received as follows:
Sabre Development Corp.
Atkins Brothers
Gra-Tex Utilities
$1,751,012.00
$2,113,298.00
$2,160,275.00
Baird, Hampton and Brown, Inc. Engineering has reviewed the bids and references and
has recommended that the City award the contract to Sabre Development Corp. Baird,
Hampton and Brown, Inc. is a civil engineering consulting firm that has extensive
experience in water and wastewater projects. Work on this project is being performed in
their local Grapevine office.
The contract schedule for the project establishes a construction time of 215 calendar days.
Staff recommends approval.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas desires to maintain its
water and wastewater infrastructure with regular maintenance, repairs and updates as
necessary; and
WHEREAS, funding for the construction of the 2015 Water and Sanitary Sewer
Improvement Project is not currently included in the FY 2014 -2015 Capital Improvements
Plan Budget; and
WHEREAS, maintenance, repairs and updates to the City's water and sanitary
sewer systems is necessary to insure continued optimum operation of these systems.
• THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY •';
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Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes an amount of $1,838,562.60
be appropriated from the Water and Sanitary Sewer Released Impact Fees and the 2015
Utility Bonds to the FY 2014-2015 Capital Improvements Plan budget for the construction
of the 2015 Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project.
Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall
be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety,
and general welfare which requires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 7th day of July, 2015.
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