Agenda Item: 7(b)
Prepared By: Justin Martin, P.E.
Business: Resolution - Consent Agenda
Department: Water and Sewer
Subject:
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Proposed Contract with Synalovski Romanik Saye in the Amount of $440,000 for Architectural Services for Design and Construction Supervision of a New Multi-Departmental Building
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BACKGROUND:
Our Public Works (PW), Water and Sewer (WS) and Information Technology (IT) Departments have never had adequate working facilities.
The PW and WS Departments have been located in temporary trailer facilities since 2007. In 2009, City Council approved the purchase of a 0.56-acre, commercially zoned property at 807 E. Elkcam Circle, adjacent to the NWTP, to build an operations center for the WS and PW departments, accommodating approximately 40 City employees. In 2009, City Council approved funding for the architectural design of the proposed facility. The design was completed that same year, but City staff was later directed not to proceed with bidding because of re-prioritization of budgeted funds. Since 2009, land development and building codes, and FEMA flood elevations have changed thereby necessitating a building redesign.
Having no adequate facilities, the Wastewater Collection/Drinking Water Distribution (C&D) and Public Works (PW) crews were accommodated in used temporary trailers at the South Water Treatment Plant (SWTP) under a two-year temporary use permit, albeit inconsistent with the zoning for the property. The C&D trailers developed mold and became infested with rats. Consequently, the City demolished the old C&D trailers and rented trailers for the C&D crews. Likewise, the used temporary trailers for the WS administrative staff at the North Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) developed mold and rat infestations. In 2011, the City demolished the old WS admin trailers and purchased other trailers. When the temporary use permits expired, City Council directed staff to change the land development code to exe...
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