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15.

City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

09/28/2021

BACKGROUND

The Woman Hollering Creek Wastewater Trunk Main and Lift Station Project (WHC WW Project) is part of the City's effort to establish and expand public wastewater collection and conveyance service to the southern portion of Schertz. The project generally consists of 13,000 linear feet (lf) of 30-inch diameter gravity main, 1,500 lf of 18-inch gravity main, 6,000 lf of 14-inch force main, and a wastewater lift station with 16-foot diameter storage and wet wells. Once constructed, the project will provide the backbone to a future system that will serve approximately 4,461 acres and 6,450 dwelling units in an area known as the WHC sewershed. The project will convey wastewater to the newly constructed CCMA water reclamation plant on Trainer Hale Road.

Construction of the WHC WW Project is expected to cost $11,100,000 and will take 12 to 15 months to be fully complete. In order to ensure that construction is managed appropriately and that it is done in compliance with City and other applicable standards, and considering current workload, City staff must be augmented by qualified professional contractual assistance.

AG|CM has an existing master agreement to provide on-call owner's rep services on behalf of the City. This task order falls under the scope of the master agreement established and approved by council on resolution 19-R-112.

GOAL

The goal of the owner's representative contract is to provide the appropriate level of construction management and quality assurance through installation of the Woman Hollering Creek Wastewater trunk main, lift station, and forcemain (WHC Project). Management and inspection of the WHC Project will demand significantly more time than current city staff has available. By providing for contracted owner's rep services, the project can be managed more thoroughly and properly. AG|CM personnel will function on the WHC Project as an extension of staff resources during the construction period.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

The community benefits from having well run projects that are completed on-time and on-budget, to ensure that taxpayer funds are used responsibly. AG|CM will work for the city to accomplish those goals.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Staff recommends Council approve Resolution 21-R-107.

FISCAL IMPACT

Funding needed for the not to exceed amount of this agreement is $333,000. That amount will be covered under the total funding for construction and ancillary tasks associated with the WHC WW Project. Total funding for the current construction effort comes from a combination of 2013 Bond Sales, Wastewater Capital Recovery Funds, and planned Future Bond Sales, and totals $11,783,000.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends Council approve Resolution 21-R-107.

Attachments
Resolution 21-R-107
Attachment A AGCM Agreement