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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-093-06/03/1986-POWER PLANT DAM ANALYSIS RBD INC RESOLUTION 86- 93 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH RBD, INC. , FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE POWER PLANT DAM LOCATED NEAR THE COLLEGE AVENUE BRIDGE WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has maintained a concrete diversion dam on the Cache La Poudre River near College Avenue for the purpose of diverting cooling water to the nearby power plant; and WHEREAS, the power plant was decommissioned in 1974 and the dam has not been actively maintained since that time; and WHEREAS, the natural flow of the river has caused erosion to the dam and may jeopardize the land now being protected by retaining walls on either side of the river and the College Avenue bridge; and WHEREAS, the Light & Power Utility determined that a consulting engineer should be contracted to investigate alternate methods and costs to abandon, repair or replace the dam; and WHEREAS, the City Purchasing Department issued Request for Proposal/Qualifications (P-97) to solicit consulting engineers for this study; and WHEREAS, RBD, Inc. has been selected as the firm best qualified to undertake this study; and WHEREAS, RBD, Inc. will undertake an analysis of the existing structure and present various alternatives and estimated costs to the City for a fee not to exceed Thirty-One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars (E31,200. ) ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-66 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, no professional services agreement in excess of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.) shall be entered into until approved by the City Council in an open Council meeting. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter into an engineering services contract with RBD, Inc. for the analysis of the dam across the Cache La Poudre River near the College Avenue Bridge and for the the development of various alternatives of repair, replacement or abandonment; and upon condition that the cost thereof shall not exceed Thirty-One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($31,200.) . Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this 3rd day of June, A.D. 1986. Mayor ATTEST:=%�4 A r %�62A City Clerk