Title
Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc. for the Sister Lakes Stormwater Retrofit Project Engineering Design Services (up to $30,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to authorize Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc. (ECT) for the Sister Lakes Stormwater Retrofit Project.
Budget/Fiscal Impact
This project is included in the City's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) as project UT-ST-16-11, and is budgeted in the approved Stormwater Capital budget. Any long term maintenance associated with the proposed work would be budgeted from Stormwater Operations and Maintenance funds.
Background
Through a Request for Proposal (RFP #976) the City selected ECT to provide design services for a project to provide water-quality improvements, conveyance modifications, and ecological habitat improvements that will protect and enhance First Sister Lake. Based on input received at several neighborhood meetings, the design scope of work was expanded and authorized through two amendments to the professional services agreement. Amendment No. 2, which brought the contract above the $25K threshold, was approved by Council on July 17, 2017.
The resulting final design is a bio-filtration garden that removes the pollutants from the first flush of stormwater runoff from the adjacent neighborhood before releasing the water into First Sister Lake. There is a companion resolution before Council to authorize a contract for construction of the project in accordance with this design.
Based on its extensive background and experience with similar projects, staff requested that ECT provide a scope and budget for professional services through the bidding and construction phases, including submittal reviews, inspection, field change evaluation, and other services that may be required through completion of t...
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