REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Award of a Contract for Condition Assessment and Design of Storm Pump Station Number 1 Rehabilitation (F14-49)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to Infrastructure Engineering Corporation (IEC) of Poway in the amount of $263,589 ($175,066 for base services and optional services not to exceed $88,523) for Storm Pump Station Number 1 Rehabilitation (Public Works Project No. UY-14/02-15). Approval is also requested for a 10% design contingency in the amount of $26,359.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This award of a design contract is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City of Sunnyvale Storm Pump Station Number 1 (facility) is located at the north end of Sunnyvale between the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and the SMaRT Station at 1444 Borregas Avenue. The station collects stormwater that has drained from the center and north end of the City and pumps it into a Santa Clara Valley Water District channel where it then flows to Moffett Channel and the San Francisco Bay.
The facility consists of a small concrete block building that houses two high-volume gas engine duty pumps for large storm flows and one small electrical pump for lower flows. There is also an inlet structure and trash screen to prevent debris from entering the pump station and damaging the pumps, and three discharge pipes that convey water from the pumps to the receiving channel. The facility was originally constructed in the 1960s and has undergone various improvements over the years. In 2009 the duty pumps and drive engines were replaced and portions of the discharge piping have recently been patched, however, several elements of the pump station are known to be deficient and an overall rehabilitation and upgrade is necessary to ensure continued reliable operation of the pump station.
Design and related work to rehabilitate th...
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