1992-10-12 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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e e After considering the design problems. the City Council authorized proceeding with the water and sanitary sewer extensions at a cost of $2,415.00 per structure for water service and $4,000.00 per structure for sanitary sewer service. The total $137.000.00 was carried forward into the FY 1992 Budget. Current Status The project has now moved forward to the point of design completion for the sanitary sewer extension. In the design process. we have been able to solve some of the original problem elements anticipated in the preliminary study phase. We no longer will have individual grinder pumps and low pressure force mains serving the previously mentioned twelve (12) properties. The Engineering Division was able to design gravity flow systems for all of the individual structures and at the same time creating the need for only two (2) small package type sanitary sewer lift stations to be maintained by the City. The obvious benefit will be to eliminate the numerous pumps and maintenance problems that would be inherent in the original design concept. At the same time. it will add only one (1) lift station to the original approach. The final design was not, however, able to eliminate the "throw-away" status of some of the project. This situation was created by the decision to provide service to an area that will ultimately be served in a different manner when fully developed. This "temporary" service will be provided for anywhere between five (5) and ten (10) years depending on development activity. At that point in time, the City will abandon a portion of the lines shown on the accompanying map (Attachment B). These will include all of line #7, and the lift stations and force mains of lines #3 and #5. While this proposal has the lines being abandoned at a cost of $26,165.20, it will not have the expense of grinder pumps that would have been abandoned in the original approach. The new design proposal has an estimated cost of $95,254.30 as shown in the breakdown sheet for the project (Attachment C). This is to be taken from a total of $120,094.00 available from the Utility CIP Fund. In regard to the water line extension project, there have been some additional delays incurred. We will not begin the final plans and implementation until we have a final alignment of the storm sewer outfall proposed for North "H" Street that supports Harris County's Underwood Road project. Depending on final alignment, it may be necessary to delay installation of the water line until the storm sewer outfall is installed. There are $16,906.00 available for this project. As it stands now, I anticipate advertising the project for bids during the next two (2) weeks and then submitting the bids for City Council action on either June 8, or June 22, 1992. The actual date for authorization to construct is dependent on securing easements along Buchanan from three (3) property owners and one (1) easement that will facilitate the service along Brownell Street. ,