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� � <br /> � w <br /> DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT <br /> Memorandum No. 2002-27 ' <br /> July 29, 2002 I <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council , <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager f <br /> John A. Smith, Assistant City Manager for Public Services O�t���� ' <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management �� , <br /> Richard N. Berard, Civil Engineer II j <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Vulcan West Gravel Pit Water Supply Improvements �' <br /> City Project No. CP 2002-07 I <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: I <br /> City staff recommends Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the award of a contract <br /> to Burdick Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. for the supply and installation of a floating pump unit �i <br /> in the amount of$219,069.00. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> During periods of severe drought, there is not sufficient flow in the Sangamon River to maintain <br /> an adequate water level in Lake Decatur. To provide supplemental water during dry weather, the <br /> City has three emergency water supply systems: the DeWitt County Wellfield, Cisco Wells and <br /> the Vulcan Gravel Pit. <br /> This project will improve the Vulcan Gravel Pit system. It will provide for the installation of a <br /> floating pumping unit having a capacity of 4.32 million gallons per day. The pumping unit will <br /> be floated on a barge over the deepest section of the pit and will be permanently anchored in one <br /> location. It will incorporate all required components for remote operation, including power <br /> cable and discharge pipe connected to an existing pipeline. The operation and maintenance <br /> expenses for this vital supplemental water system are projected to be very low. <br /> The project specifications were prepared by Bainbridge Gee Milanski & Associates, Inc., <br /> Consulting Engineers. The project was advertised on May 8, 2002. A single bid proposal was <br /> submitted as follows: <br />�— <br />