Title:
Title
Agreement: Freeport Reservoir Pump Replacement and Site Improvements Project
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00025
Location
Location: District 7
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Kennedy Jenks Consultants to provide design and engineering support services for the Reservoir Rehabilitation Program (Z14130500), for an amount not-to-exceed $499,959.
Contact: Colleen Karbowski, Project Manager (916) 808-1474; Michelle Carrey, Supervising Engineer (916) 808-1438; Tony Bertrand, Engineering & Water Resources Division Manager, (916) 808-1461; Department of Utilities
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Staff recommends Council approve an agreement with Kennedy Jenks Consultants to provide design and engineering support services for the Freeport Reservoir Pump Replacement and Site Improvements Project. These services are needed to support the design of the pump replacement and overall reservoir site improvements which will improve water turnover within the tank, address safety improvements at the facility, and improve maintenance capabilities of the elevated reservoirs.
When Freeport Reservoir was originally built in 1960, the reservoir maintained the pressure of the water distribution system through gravity. A small pump was included to assist water movement if pressures in the system were too high and prevented the reservoir from supplying water to the distribution system. As other improvements were installed, such as the Florin Pump Station, which helped maintain consistent pressures throughout the system, Freeport Reservoir was no longer able to operate as originally intended. This issue was identified within the City's 2013 Water Master Plan, which specified the need for a pump system allowing water to leave the reservoir when the system pressu...
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