Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Project (CO2009)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: January 7, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. to provide consulting engineering services for the Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Project (CO2009) in the amount of $99,980.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The Capital Improvements Program (CIP) includes annual investments in the replacement of infrastructure throughout the city including streets, water mains, wastewater mains, and drainage systems.
* Currently the Public Works Department oversees the maintenance and operation of approximately 1,600 lane-miles of streets, 940 miles of water mains, 730 miles of wastewater mains, and 612 miles of drainage systems.
* As city-maintained infrastructure reaches the end of its service life, capital projects (street repairs, main replacements, drainage improvements, etc.) are prioritized and funded on an annual basis primarily utilizing utility revenue bonds, voter-authorized general obligation bonds, and the stormwater drainage utility fund.
* Asset management refers to structured tools, programs, and procedures which minimize the cost of asset ownership, maintain or improve service levels provided, and allows for data-driven decision processes.
* The Engineering Department has reviewed a scope of services with HDR Engineering, Inc. to provide an asset management decision making framework related to future capital improvement infrastructure projects including:
o Evaluation of level of s...
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