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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Change in project sequence for Screw Pump Rehabilitation CIP Project for Water & Pollution Control Department RESOLUTION NO. 14-438 RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGES IN PROJECT SEQUENCE FOR SCREW PUMP REHABILITATION CIP PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, the Ames Water Pollution Control(WPC)Facility uses three screw pumps as part of the treatment process,and the pumps are integral to the biological process and are the original equipment dating to 1989; and, WHEREAS,the WPC Long-Range Facility Plan completed in 2012 recommended that these pumps be repainted and rebuilt based on their age and condition; and, WHEREAS,the FY 2013-18 Capital Improvements Plan(CIP)included$90,000 to repaint the three pumps,and the FY 2014-19 CIP projected an additional$250,000 expense in FY 15/16 to rehabilitate the pump drives and bearings; and, WHEREAS,the close proximity of the pumps to each other will make it difficult to contain the sandblast media necessary to remove the current paint and also raises safety issues with performing this work next to an adjacent operating pump; and, WHEREAS,these factors may induce a painting contractor to remove the pumps and perform the sandblasting and re-coating in a more remote area of the facility; and, WHEREAS, the later rehabilitation project will require each pump to be lifted out of place a second time in order to install new bearings; and, WHEREAS, staff now believes it would be advantageous to perform these two projects simultaneously; and, WHEREAS, the pumps would only need to be pulled from the channels one time, minimizing the operational impact and potentially lowering the overall construction cost; and, WHEREAS, as a result,the budgeted painting work was not pursued during FY 13/14,and staff is recommending that,due to the condition and importance of these pumps,the two projects be combined into a single project that would take place in FY 14/15; and, WHEREAS,in order to fund the$250,000 for the pump rehabilitation work a year early,staff is recommending delaying a FY 14/15 project to replace the WPC Administration Building HVAC system by one year until FY 15/16. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that authorization to change the Water Pollution Control CIP project sequence as described above is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 12t1i day of August, 2014. CA -L(A /&� tfl. ems, Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Goodman Seconded by: Betcher Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 12`h day of August, 2014.