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Resolution to Authorize a Contract with TSP Environmental to Design and Construct a By-Pass Channel in the Argo Dam Headrace ($1,168,170.00) and Appropriate Funds (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to authorize a contract with TSP Environmental to design and construct a by-pass channel in the Argo Dam headrace and appropriate funds to approve a project budget of $1,168,170.00.
City staff presented to Council on May 3, 2010 the details of the Consent Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE) regarding Argo Dam and deficiencies with the headrace embankment. The Consent Agreement states that the City agrees to select and execute either a repair of existing toe drains or reconstruct the headrace and embankment. The consent agreement also stipulates shutting off flow to the headrace by October 15, 2010 and keeping the headrace without any flow until the deficiencies are addressed. As a result, the City prepared a RFP for the reconstruction of the Argo headrace and embankment, and issued an invitation to bid on the repair of the toe drains at the Argo headrace. This recommendation is in the context of compliance with the Consent Agreement and does not preclude future community conversations regarding the disposition of the Argo Dam.
Two proposals were received in response to the RFP to reconstruct Argo headrace and embankment, and three bids were received for repair of the toe drains. Staff reviewed the bids for the toe drain repairs and a selection committee comprised of staff and a PAC representative reviewed the proposals and bids for the reconstruction of the headrace. The Environmental Commission was invited to participate in the selection process, but declined.
The three bids to repair the toe drains ranged from $707,300.00 to $829,150.00. As you may recall, bids to repair toe drains were received in 2005 and they were in the range of...
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