R2001-165 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

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1 S DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT Memorandum No. 2001-23 August 27, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council ', FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager John A. Smith, Assistant City Manager for Public Services Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management I�Q., V � SUBJECT: Design Professional Services Agreement South Water Treatment Plant Office and Laboratory Addition City Project 2000-31 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing a Design Professional Services Agreement with Black&Veatch Corporation at a cost not to exceed $181,500. BACKGROUND: The South Water Treatment Plant requires additional office and laboratory space due to: 1. A substantial increase in the amount and complexitv of water qualitv laboratorv I testin�. Over the past few years, due to the relentless increase in the amount and ! complexity of Federal and State mandated water quality testing, the South Water ' Treatment Plant laboratory has begun to run out of space. Additional laboratory work I, areas are needed to comply with these recent water quality testing mandates, as well '� as anticipated future regulations. The best location for additional lab space is two ', adjacent offices that are currently in use. '� 2. The creation of the Department of Water Mana e�. The Department requires � additional office space far the Assistant City Manager for Public Services and the !, Department's Administrative Secretary. Until the office addition is completed the Administrative Secretary will have her desk located in the South Water Treatment Plant lobby. Additional space is needed if the Water Projects Engineer and/or other �� engineering technical support staff are to be moved to the South Plant. Additional � space is also needed if student interns are to be employed by the Department. ', Staff proposes that a 3,500 square feet office addition and a 500 square feet labaratory expansion '� into existing office space be constructed in Fiscal Years 2002-2004. See the enclosed floor plan I for details. The preliminary construction cost estimate, developed by the engineering firm of I Black & Veatch, who designed the South Water Treatment Plant and the Nitrate Removal Facility, is $1.47 million.