SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving an Agreement for Professional Services with Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. for Wellfield and Conveyance Design
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
TIME ESTIMATE: 15 Minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $1,142,783 (includes contingency of approx. 5%)
Balance Available: $2,060,046
Budget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100333 - Construction - Well Project
500-70-110-605000-100290 - Water Supply Planning
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution to award said contract, authorize the appropriate Town officer to execute said contract, and authorize staff to expend contracted funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Background:
In 2018 the Town retained the services of Leonard Rice Engineers (LRE) to assist with the exploration of a water well-field near the North Water Reclamation Facility (NWRF). This well field could prove to provide critical local and redundant source water supply to the Town at a fraction of the cost of obtaining water through more traditional methods such as ditch company rights, buying up senior water rights (agricultural) or Colorado Big-Thompson (CB-T) Project units. While many of the alternatives have their merits, they are costly and limited to timing, use and cost.
During this time frame, the Town has worked with LRE to perform stream modeling, land acquisition identification, well-yield modeling, well design alternatives, permitting, conceptual well-design, water quality analysis, well piloting, and extensive support through the Town's pending water court application for this planned well-field. LRE has been working closely with Paul Zilis, Town Water Counsel, in support of our water court application in developing the application as well as addressing cha...
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