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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2021-13 <br /> DATE: January 25, 2021 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Matt Newell, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing a Professional Engineering Services Agreement with <br /> AECOM Technical Services,Inc. to provide design services for the Ellen and <br /> Division Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program—Phase 2, City Project <br /> 2018-01 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor <br /> to sign, and the City Clerk to attest,to a Professional Engineering Services Agreement between <br /> the City of Decatur and AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) to provide design services <br /> for the Ellen and Division Basin Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program for a total fee not to <br /> exceed $79,842.00. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> See Appendix A. <br /> SANITARY SEWER PRIORITIES: <br /> Under the direction of the City Council, the Public Works Department has established four <br /> priorities to improve the City's sanitary sewer collection system as defined in the Sanitary Sewer <br /> Master Plan. <br /> 1. Critical Large Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation. <br /> 2. Sanitary Sewer Overflows Due to Inflow and Infiltration. <br /> 3. System Operation and Maintenance <br /> 4. Small Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation <br /> The Professional Engineering Services Agreement with AECOM will address sanitary sewer <br /> priorities 2, 3, and 4. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Administrative Consent Order <br /> In 2012,the United States Environmental Protection Agency(US EPA) served Decatur with an <br /> Administrative Consent Order(ACO), requiring the City to eliminate overflows and basement <br /> backups. Staff retained outside legal counsel with expertise and direct experience in US EPA <br /> administration of the Clean Water Act. With the assistance of outside counsel and AECOM, <br />