COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
SUBJECT:
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ITB 20-ES-002: Tatum Boulevard to Elizabeth Street water main (ITB 20-ES-002) - Change Order Request #1 - Add Josephine Street Water Main
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DEPARTMENT:
Environmental Services
SUMMARY:
During the negotiations with UCNSB to transfer the provision of potable water service for those customers within Edgewater's utility service area in the Elizabeth Street to Tatum Boulevard area, UCNSB insisted that all properties south of Josephine Street should be converted to Edgewater service at one time. This includes service to 11 properties that are fed directly from the UCNSB water main along the northern side of Josephine Street. The City's water main now under construction along Tatum Boulevard and Claudette Street is not oriented in a way to serve these 11 properties, thus requiring an additional (albeit smaller) water main to be constructed along the south side of Josephine Street to serve these properties.
As designed, the engineered plans also allow for the construction of an emergency interconnect between the UCNSB and Edgewater potable water systems in the event of a catastrophe or other need in either of the neighboring systems to maintain public health, safety, and welfare. However, due to funding concerns, this portion of the work is not proposed to be constructed at this time.
In further discussions with the Engineer, the provision of adequate fire protection in the proposed Oakwood Cove subdivision requires a connection on Josephine Street. Oakwood Cove has committed to reimburse the City the $8,500 difference in price between the 2" water main as designed and the 6" water main needed for fire protection.
The City received competitive bids for the larger work on Tatum Boulevard and Claudette Street in December 2019. The awarded contractor, The Kenton Group, provided favorable pricing on the unit price contract. The requested change order augments the quantities of several of those bid items and adds new items which ...
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