Title
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Five-Year Agreement with Nute Engineering for Engineering Design Services for Cyclic Sewer Rehabilitation Project, Phase 19, in a Total Amount Not to Exceed $2,388,446. (Public Works 50141600)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for engineering design services for Cyclic Sewer Rehabilitation Project, Phase 19 on August 27, 2021. The work to be designed is Project Year 8 of the 20-Year Rehabilitation Program included in the City's Sewer Master Plan, 2015. Staff requests City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a five-year Agreement with Nute Engineering for a total five-year amount not to exceed $2,388,446.
BACKGROUND
The City operates the local sanitary sewer collection system comprised of sewer pipes, pump stations, and other facilities. Some of this aging infrastructure have 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. The primary objective of EPA's litigation 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 set forth 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 annually approximately 2.7 miles of aging sewer pipes to limit public health impacts associated with sanitary sewer overflows an...
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