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
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