SUBJECT: Consent
Title
A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Erie Approving an Agreement for Professional Services with RockSol Consulting Group, Inc., for the design of the Coal Creek Channel Restoration and Flood Control
Body
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
Department
PRESENTERS: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
David Pasic, Town Engineer
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
First Name Last Name, Title
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $1,281,355
Balance Available: $1,337,260 (pending 2023 roll over funds with First
Supplemental, and the additional funds appropriated with 24-009)
Budget Line Item Number: 520-70-110-605000-100394
New Appropriation Required: No
POLICY ISSUES:
None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the agreement.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
This project will complete improvements to Coal Creek from Cheesman Street to north of Kenosha Road. It includes channel restoration and replacing both the County Line Road bridge and Kenosha Road Bridge. This stretch of Coal Creek has been defined in 4 reaches, see attached site plan. Reach 1 and 3 are currently under construction as a jointly funded project with Mile High Flood District. The FEMA grant described below will fund the design and construction of Reach 2 and 4 and the two bridges. When the entire project from Reach 1 through 4 is complete, it will remove properties in Old Town from the floodplain along with properties in the Weld County area of Westview Estates. Many residents living in Westview Estates were impacted during the 2013 Flood.
On July 26, 2022, the State Office of Emergency Management submitted the Town of Erie's flood control sub-application to FEMA under DR-4498. In June 2023, FEMA requested additional information. Town staff worked with the State to respond. One of the requests was to revise the funding request as a phased project. The first phase includes design, studies, and constructio...
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