Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract and All Necessary Change Orders with McKee Utility Contractors, Inc. for the Construction of the Custer Road Utility Relocations Project (WA1630)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1A: Establish regional and infrastructure incentives to increase economic growth)
MEETING DATE: December 17, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
Joshua Cotton, PE, Senior CIP 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 McKee Utility Contractors, Inc. for the construction of the Custer Road Utility Relocations Project (WA1630) for a total contract amount not to exceed $ 8,325,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is in the process of finalizing the design and right-of-way (ROW) acquisition for their upcoming widening construction of Custer Road from US 380 to FM 1461 in northwest McKinney. TxDOT has the construction letting scheduled for September 2020.
* The Custer Road Utility Relocations Project will relocate the existing water lines to clear the proposed roadway facilities needed by TxDOT prior to their construction.
* There is approximately 17,000 linear feet of an existing 8-inch water distribution line along Custer Road that is in conflict with the proposed TxDOT widening project. The relocated water line will be upsized to a 24-inch water line per McKinney's Water Master Plan.
* The new water line will be located in a permanent water easement on the east side of TxDOT's Custer Road ROW.
* Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) prepared the construction plans for this project.
* On Thursday, November 14, 2019, the Purchasing Department opened the Request for Competitive Sealed Proposals (RFCSP) ...
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