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Public Works Memorandum <br /> NO. 2014-29 <br /> DATE: June 27,2014 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: North Street Sidewalk Vault Project, <br /> City Project 2014-33 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached resolution awarding the contract <br /> for the North Street Sidewalk Vault Project, City Project 2014-33, to Otto Baum Company, Inc., <br /> as the lowest, responsible bidder in the amount of$80,637 and that the Mayor be authorized to <br /> execute the contract and the City Clerk to attest. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> There has been no prior Council action on this item. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Sub-Sidewalk Vaults <br /> At numerous locations downtown the basements of the adjacent buildings extend underneath the <br /> sidewalk. These were used many years ago to receive shipments that were unloaded onto the <br /> sidewalk and then lowered through a hatchway into the basement. They were also used to add <br /> basement storage space. <br /> Today most of the old sidewalk vaults downtown are used as storage spaces, some have been <br /> abandoned, and some have been bricked up and filled. There are no known sidewalk vaults <br /> outside of the downtown. During the downtown streetscape design process, all of the basements <br /> and sidewalks were inspected on Franklin Street,Water Street, Main Street and those streets in <br /> between, in order to locate and determine the condition of any vaults. <br /> During the inspection of the Huston Patterson building basement at 123 West North Street, on <br /> the southwest corner of North and Main, the inspection team with Chastain &Associates, LLC <br /> noted a concern with the condition of the building's vault extending under the sidewalk on North <br /> Street near the alley. Follow-up inspections of the vault determined that it was in structurally <br /> poor condition and the sidewalk over the vault was closed to public access. <br /> On February 18, 2014, the City Manager authorized an agreement for$15,120 with Chastain and <br /> Associates, LLC to design a permanent closure of the vault. <br /> Page I 1 <br />