REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW14-12 for Sanitary Sewer Lift Stations Rebuild (Rebid), Finding of CEQA Categorical Exemption 15301 (Rehabilitation of Existing Facilities) and Approval of Budget Modification No. 8
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $999,900 to Koch & Koch, Inc. of Penn Valley for Sanitary Sewer Lift Stations Rebuild (Public Works Project No. UY-12/03-13). Approval is also requested for a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $99,990 for the project, and for Budget Modification No. 8 to provide additional funding for the project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination for this project is a categorical exemption pursuant to Class 1, Section 15301(a) for the rehabilitation of existing facilities.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City currently operates five (5) sewer lift stations at various locations throughout the sanitary sewer collection system. Each lift station uses pumps with electric motors to lift sewage to a higher point in the system where it can flow by gravity to the Water Pollution Control Plant for treatment. The five stations are: Sunken Gardens, Baylands, Kifer, Arques and Lawrence. Each station was designed and constructed at different times and have undergone various maintenance and upgrades over the years, but most of the equipment and components are now beyond their useful life. This project will address four of the five lift stations (Arques is in better condition than the other stations and will be considered for funding during the next projects budget cycle), as more fully addressed below.
A thorough condition assessment of each lift station was conducted during the design phase of the project. The rehabilitation work necessary varies from station to station, but generally includes overhaul or replacement of pumps and motors, rehabilitation of wet wells and associated piping...
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