HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-053-04/19/1988-AGREEMENTS BLACK AND VEATCH ENGINEERS OPTIMIZATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY RESOLUTION 88-53
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS
WITH BLACK AND VEATCH ENGINEERS FOR
WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has embarked upon a project for the
closure of the Poudre Canyon Water Treatment Plant and the relocation of
the Canyon Treatment Plant's capacity to the LaPorte Avenue Water Treatment
Plant; and
WHEREAS, said relocation and expansion project is presently nearing
completion; and
WHEREAS, Black and Veatch Engineers has provided engineering services
for said relocation and expansion project; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the City will require additional water
treatment capacity by 1992; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has deemed it in the best interests of the
citizens of the City and the customers of the Water Utility that options be
explored for mechanisms for optimizing the City's water treatment plant
capacity; and
WHEREAS, upon identification of options for optimization of the City's
water treatment plant capacity, the Council further determines that it is
in the best interests of the citizens of the City and the customers of the
Water Utility that the City select a viable option, if any exists, for such
optimization, and engage engineering services for the carrying out of such
option; and
WHEREAS, Black and Veatch Engineers has provided valuable service to
the City in the plant relocation and expansion project and is knowledgeable
about the LaPorte Avenue Water Treatment Plant and its potential for
capacity optimization; and
WHEREAS, because of Black and Veatch's familiarity with said plant and
its technology, the Council does hereby determine that the engineering
services to be provided for the aforesaid optimization project are so
limited that the normal bid process cannot be used or will result in
substantially higher costs to the City, and accordingly, that Black and
Veatch Engineers should be selected for the performance of said services
upon the condition that a viable option be identified and upon the
condition that Black and Veatch has performed to the satisfaction of the
City in its conduct of a study of the water treatment plant capacity
optimization options.
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 a professional services agreement with Black and Veatch Engineers for
the purpose of conducting a study of water treatment plant capacity
optimization at a cost not to exceed Forty-three Thousand Dollars
($43,000) ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he hereby is,
authorized to negotiate and enter into an additional professional services
agreement with Black and Veatch Engineers, for a fee not to exceed Three
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) , to provide design and
engineering services for modifications to the LaPorte Avenue Water
Treatment Plant if a viable and acceptable option should be identified and
selected by the City pursuant to the optimization study and provided
further that Black and Veatch Engineers has performed to the satisfaction
of the City in the conduct of said optimization study.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins held this 19th day of April , A.D. 1988.
Mayor
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City Clerk