SUBJECT: Consent
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving the First Amendment to the Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR) Contract with Ellingson-DTD for the Design and Installation of a Horizontal, Directionally Drilled, Municipal Water Well
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
David Pasic, Town Engineer
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $1,077,765
Balance Available (2021 funds): $4,033,800
Fund: Water
FundBudget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100333
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution to amend said agreement, authorizing the appropriate Town officer to execute said agreement and authorize staff to expend budgeted funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Since 2018, the Town has worked closely with Paul Zilis, Town Water Counsel and Leonard Rice Engineers (LRE) to assist with the exploration and development of a water well-field near the North Water Reclamation Facility (NWRF). This well field could 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. In 2020, in order to move the project forward the Board authorized the following:
A. At the July 28, 2020 Board Meeting, the Board Authorized the Award of a Professional Services Agreement with LRE for the well-field and conveyance design and construction support. Staff determined, in the best interest of the Town to bring in a contractor early, under a CMAR contract to work closely with LRE to design and construct a Horizontal Directionally Drilled (HDD) pilot well.
B. On October 21, 2020, staff engaged Ellingson-DTD (Ellingson) as the CMAR to work with LRE during the design phase for the first pilot HDD municipal water w...
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