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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Freese and Nichols for the design of the Transfer Station Tunnel Repairs Project in the amount of $141,243.
Summary
DATE: January 3, 2023
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Executive Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. in the amount of $141,243.00 for the Design of the Transfer Station Tunnel Repairs Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The FY 2023 Capital Improvement Plan includes the Transfer Station Tunnel/Loading Pit project as a funded project for design and construction.
The project includes the repair and redesign of loading pits/tunnels that are needed to withstand constant contact with bulky trash and crane during the loading process. Both the metal sheeting and the concrete beneath the metal have begun to fail leaving large chunks of concrete falling to the ground. The project will redesign the pit entrance with a 45-degree angle and shorten the side push wall to allow trash to be pushed into the center of the trailer more effectively. Currently the sides are flush vertically with the sides of the trailer causing trash to fall to the side of the loading trailer and be in constant contact with the grapple part of the crane. This causes a large amount of waste abatement by staff, and unnecessary contact and abuse to the crane.
City staff has negotiated a professional services agreement (PSA) with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the design of the Transfer Station Tunnel Repairs project in the amount of $141,243.00. Freese and Nichols, Inc has extensive background for this type of project and provided the original design for the Transfer Station.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
(1) Delay the design and construction of the Transfer Station Tunnel Repairs Project.
(2) Authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement ...
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