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CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACT NO. K-1314-38 WITH BLUE NILE CONTRACTORS INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,440; PERFORMANCE BOND NO. B-1314-12; STATUTORY BOND NO. B-1314-13; MAINTENANCE BOND NO. MB-1314-6; AND RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-20 FOR THE GRAND VIEW AVENUE STORM SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: The FYE 2014 CIP Drainage Projects is an annual funding program for the repair or replacement of existing storm drainage infrastructure, typically located in existing neighborhoods. These projects are identified by staff or citizens because flooding or nuisances have begun to occur. Typical projects involve the repair or replacement of underground storm pipelines or storm inlets or concrete-lined drainage channels. The projects are constructed using in-house labor and equipment from the City Storm Water Division or a combination of in-house and contract services.
A project is proposed to be completed this year involving the rehabilitation of the underground storm water system located on Grand View Avenue between Northhampton Drive & Brookfield Drive within an existing public drainage easement. The owner of the adjacent property reported this problem in August, 2012, when he noticed a sink hole and his stockade fence had been damaged by the settling trench where the existing storm pipeline is located. The proposed method of repair is to rehabilitate the existing round 21 inch storm pipeline in place for a distance of 200 linear feet rather than open trench and replacement of the pipe that would require significant disruption of property.
DISCUSSION: Staff originally reviewed two options for the replacement of the existing round 21-inch storm pipeline. The first option was to budget for the project to be bid as a contractor removal and replacement of the entire system. The second was to perform the same work with in-house resources. The option to use a contractor to replace the system, which was estimated to exceed $120,000, was dismissed due ...
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