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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $333,069 to Nute Engineering for Engineering Design Services for Cyclic Sewer Rehabilitation Project, Phase 14. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $333,069 to Nute Engineering for Engineering Design Services for Cyclic Sewer Rehabilitation Project, Phase 14
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 was to force an aggressive program to reduce the volume of wet weather flow into 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, the Public Works Department is replacing approximately 2.7 miles of aging sewer pipes to limit public health impacts associated with sanitary sewer overflows and to improve reliability of service.
The City issued a Request for Proposal on November 13, 2015, for engineering design services for Cyclic Sewer Rehabilitation Project Phase 13, comprised of approximately 2.7 miles of sewer main. Nute Engineering was selected the most suitable firm to perform these services and was ...
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