SUBJECT:
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A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Erie Approving an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, to provide Supplemental Groundwater Aquifer Testing for the Filly Lake Well System Project
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
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PRESENTER(S): Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
David Pasic, Town Engineer
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FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $426,073
Balance Available: $527,963 (with 1st Supplemental approval)
Budget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100438
New Appropriation Required: No
POLICY ISSUES:
None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution to amend the Agreement.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
In April 2023, in accordance with Resolution 23-052, the Town of Erie executed a Professional Services Agreement with Kennedy Jenks Consultants for Preliminary Design of the Filly Lake Well System Pipeline Improvements.
In April 2024, the Town Manager executed a Professional Services Agreement with Leonard Rice Water Engineers (LRE) to support the Kennedy Jenks preliminary design effort by providing input on the well permitting process, well construction rules, operation and maintenance; and responding to questions on well system design, performance testing, and groundwater hydrogeology.
Kennedy Jenks has submitted recommendations for preliminary pipeline alignments, easement requirements for adequate access for operation and maintenance of the wells and identified three alternative pumping scenarios and associated pumping facility locations to reliably deliver well water to the North Water Treatment Facility. See Vicinity Map.
In order to complete the preliminary design additional field pump testing of the groundwater aquifer and well system is needed. This testing would monitor fluctuation in groundwater level; test the groundwater aquifer and well system's yield capacity to de...
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