SUBJECT: Consent Agenda
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving a Construction Contract with Velocity Constructors, Inc., for the High Zone NP Pump Station Improvements
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $275,000
Balance Available (2021 Funds): $1,440,173 (with 2021 rollover funds)
Fund: Water
Budget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100227
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution to award said contract, authorize the appropriate Town officer to execute said contract, authorize staff to expend construction funds and contingency funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Town of Erie's Non-Potable Master Plan Has two pressure zones, The non-potable water is pumped from the North Water Reclamation Facility to a 1-million-gallon storage tank located between Erie High School and Soaring Heights PK-8 School. The tank supplies the lower pressure zone and a pump station will supply the high pressure zone.
When the Soaring Heights property annexed into Erie, the Town negotiated an easement for a non-potable storage tank and pump station. When Saint Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD) was designing the Soring Heights building, they asked the Town to construct the storage tank while they were constructing their building. The Town was not ready to construct the tank and pump station because the pipeline was not in place to deliver water to the tank. In an effort to work with SVVSD, the Town hired Merrick and Company to design the tank and pump station. Because the water source was not in place, the pumps were not included in the construction contract. Velocity Constructors, Inc. was the contractor awarded the Storage Tank and Pump Station building contract.
In 2001, the non-potable pipeline was extende...
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