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Project Benefits, Liabilities, and OperatingCost: <br />Benefits: <br />Harris County Pct 2 proposes to upgrade their storm drainage facilities and concrete road <br />surface along Farrington Boulevard. The improved storm sewer system will greatly <br />reduce the potential for overland flooding into residential structures in portions of <br />Fairmont Park Sections One and Two. The current roadway condition is poor and <br />requires reconstruction. <br />Liabilities of Maintaining the Status Quo: <br />The city utilities are located within Harris County right-of-way and some of these <br />existing facilities must be relocated in order to allow Harris County to construct the <br />proposed storm and roadway improvements that will benefit motorists and the local <br />residents. <br />Operating Costs: <br />The majority of the relocation work involves the existing water main crossovers. These <br />mains are 50-years old and have required repair on numerous occasions over the past <br />several years. Replacing the mains will eliminate need for emergency repairs on those <br />replaced segments likely for several decades. <br />Project Timeline: <br />September 2012–City first notified that the Farrington Road Improvement Project was moving <br />forward. At this time Harris County was going to include city utility relocates with the <br />county project with no city financial participation required (100% grant funded). <br />December 6, 2012–Staff advised by Harris County that the available grant funding was not <br />sufficient to fund the city utility relocates. The city would be responsible. The city was <br />provided a 30% design plan set that did not yet include the project storm sewer. City <br />staff did not have sufficient information to begin design. <br />January 17, 2013–Staff receives a list of potential conflicts between city facilities and the <br />proposed new county facilities. Staff replies back with comments designed to reduce the <br />number of conflicts. Staff did not yet have sufficient information to begin design.The <br />county design was still changing at that point. <br />February 1, 2013-Staff receives 95% drawings from the Harris County consultant. <br />February 4, 2013–Staff receives the electronic drawings from Harris County necessary for <br />design. City staff can now begin design.Initial cost estimate was $400,000 based on <br />scope of work outlined in the 95% plans.(This is $125,742 below the apparent low bid. <br />Staff identified two additional sanitary sewer conflicts which accounts for nearly half of <br />this difference at approximately $60,000. Also staff closely compared the bid received to <br />the Engineer’s Estimate and concluded that the difference between the bid prices and the <br />Engineer’s Estimate was due to the complexity of the project. There were no recent <br />projects similar to this one for staff to use as a guide in estimating the costs. Staff’s <br /> <br />