HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amendment to the Engineering Services Agreement for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation RESOLUTION NO. 19-370
RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO THE ENGINEERING SERVICES
AGREEMENT FOR SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION- CONSTRUCTION
OBSERVATION ASSISTANCE WITH WHKS& COMPANY
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, the ability of the sanitary sewer system to convey wastewater well into the future is
dependent on the removal of the current large amount of infiltration and inflow in the system that occurs
during wet weather; and,
WHEREAS, in order to minimize the need for costly expansions to the City's Water Pollution
Control(WPC)facility, as well as to convey flows from new development as the City grows,the city must
work to reduce the overall infiltration and inflow in the sanitary system; and,
WHEREAS, in 2012 the City began an Sanitary Sewer System Evaluation that included a
comprehensive and systematic evaluation for identifying the defects that could contribute infiltration and
inflow across the enter, city-wide sanitary sewer system; and,
WHEREAS, on July 11, 2018, City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement with
WHKS & Company to perform a sanitary sewer rehabilitation construction observation assistance in an
amount not to exceed$141,600; and,
WHEREAS,WHKS &Company completed the construction observation on the Subwatersheds 5
&6 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation project with savings in their contract and this savings was used to have
WHKS begin providing construction observation for the 2018/19 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation(Wilson&
15"'Street)project; and,
WHEREAS, the additional Professional Services fee is for additional scope of work required to
complete the remaining construction observation assistance for the 2018/19 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation
(Wilson& 15d'Street)project.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the
Amendment to the Engineering Services Agreement for the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Construction
Observance Assistance with WHKS & Company of Ames, Iowa, in an amount not to exceed $39,000 is
hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 23rd day of July, 2019.
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Dian oss, ity Cler c John . Haila,Mayor
Introduced by: Betcher
Seconded by: Martin
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen,Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Martin
Voting nay: None Absent: Nelson
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 23rd day of July, 2019.