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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $208,985, Including Contingency, to Coastland Company for Construction Management and Inspection Services for the Lagoon Seawall Trunk Sewer Replacement Project, No. P.W.01-12-03 (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Award a Contract in the Amount of $208,985, Including Contingency, to Coastland for Construction Management and Inspection Services for the Lagoon Seawall Trunk Sewer Replacement Project, No. P.W.01-12-03
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda operates the local sanitary sewer collection system comprised of sewer pipes, pump stations and other facilities. Some of this aging infrastructure has reached its life expectancy and requires rehabilitation. In 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint against the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), owner and operator of the regional wastewater treatment facilities and a separate suit against each of the municipal entities that operate sewer collection systems discharging to the EBMUD system, including the City of Alameda. The primary objective of EPA's actions suits was to force an aggressive program to reduce the volume of wet weather flow to the regional treatment plant and overflows in the local system - both having environmental and human health impacts. The lawsuits were combined and settled with the terms of the settlement codified in Final Consent Decree for Case Nos. C09-00186 and 09-05684. In accordance with requirements of the Consent Decree, this project removes aging pipe from the system and substantially reduces the environmental risk were any of the pipes to fail.
Waterworks Engineers, LLC developed construction documents for this project, which entails the abandonment and relocation of existing sanitary sewer mains that run underneath residential properties, and predate the construction of the ho...
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