Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract and All Necessary Change Orders with Archer Western Construction, LLC for the Construction of the University Pump Station - 920 PP Pump No. 8 Project (WA1625)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: June 4, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
Paul Tucker, PE, Senior Utility Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract and all necessary change orders with Archer Western Construction, LLC for the WA1625 - University Pump Station - 920 PP Pump No. 8 Project for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,610,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* Per the 2012-2013 Water Master Plan, a new 920 Pressure Plane (PP) 15 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) pump is needed to provide additional pumping capacity for the growing City population and businesses.
* The Public Works Department has requested to add the new pump to assist in meeting the peak summer demands and to provide supplemental pumping redundancy due to the age of the existing pumps that serve the 920 PP.
* A new 15-MGD will be installed in the vacant Pump Slot No. 8. The addition of the pump will require the design of the piping, valves and gauges from the existing pump base to the flanged plug at the pump station wall. The work will include the addition of a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) for proposed Pump No. 8 and the replacement of an existing VFD for existing Pump No. 2 along with all the electrical connections and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controls.
* Improvements to the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system will be provided due to the heat loads of the new VFDs in the electrical room.
* Upgrade...
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