Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the Citywide Inflow & Infiltration Sewer Basin Monitoring Project (WW2334) and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: February 18th, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Public Works
CONTACT: Blake Sills, P.E., Engineering CIP Manager
Paul Tucker, PE, Senior Utility Engineer
Scott Sandman, Wastewater Superintendent
Michael George, Assistant Director of Public Works
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,658,135, as well as all required supplemental agreements thereto, with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the Citywide Inflow & Infiltration Sewer Basin Monitoring Project, for a total aggregate contract amount, inclusive of any supplemental agreements, not to exceed $1,820,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The City of McKinney wastewater collection system consists of approximately 810 miles of gravity sewers.
* The City has previously deployed flow meters at twenty-six (26) sites and rain gauges at three (3) sites. The City plans to continue metering at existing sites to enable the City to compare inflow and infiltration (I/I) over time in addition to adding four (4) flex flow meters to be used to further split up individual basins with high I&I to target the problematic areas of the wastewater system.
* Continuing the long-term sewer flow monitoring program allows the City to identify sources of I/I in the sewer system, deploy targeted I/I reduction strategies, and quantify the success of various I/I reduction strategies.
* The information obtained f...
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