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Consider approving Amendment No. 9 to the December 9, 2014 contract with Garver, LLC, which will amend the scope of service to provide professional services necessary for the final design, bidding, construction administration, application engineering programming service, and implementation of SCADA system improvements for the MPWTP, SEWTP, and water distribution system.
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INITIATOR: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
BACKGROUND: On December 9, 2014, the City Council approved a contract for a feasibility study for development of an alternative water supply study and report. Amendment No 1 included provision for preparation of bid documents, bidding services, and construction support services for the construction of groundwater test wells. Amendment No. 2, rescinded parts of Amendment No. 1 and authorized the staff to move forward with additional investigations to assure suitability of the test hole locations selected based on the desktop exercise located on City properties and the use of other hydrologic /geologic methods for examining the sites. Amendment No. 3 expanded the scope of work by adding up to 10 offsite (non-city) locations for additional test holes as well as included provisions for additional professional engineering and technical services contemplated by the original contract as amended as well as drilling of test holes, estimation of well yield, performance of treatability study, evaluation of conveyance alignment, in the amount not to exceed $1,674,100.00. Amendment No. 4 provided for additional engineering services in support of constructing groundwater wells, conveyance system and design of the treatment facility at the SEWTP location in an amount not to exceed $3,740,900.00. Amendment No. 5 reallocated savings within the existing project in an amount not to exceed $65,230.00 to provide for engineering and technical services to s...
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