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Home My WebLink About1985-07-15 Emergency Called Meeting• • MINUTES OF THE EMERGENCY CALLED MEETING OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JULY 15, 19$5 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:23 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Delbert Walker, John Lloyd, Ed Matuszak, Betty Waters, Lindsay Pfei~'fer, Deotis Gay, B. Don Skelton, Linda Westergren Members of City CQu~cil bent: None Members of Citv Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Cherie Black, Assistant City Manager Richard Hare, Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge, Acting Police Chief Robert Hall, Assistant Director of Public Works Luther Maxey, Director of Parks and Recreation Stan Sherwood, Purchasing Agent Jackson Ray • Others Present: Charles Young; Pete Fisher, Moroney & Beissner; Bob Reach, Turner Collie & Braden; Buddy Jacobs, Water/Wastewater Superintendent; Renee Boxman, Administrative Intern; Pam Smith, Bayshore Sun; 6 citizens 2. Council considered declaring an emergency and authorizing advertisement for bids for installation of sewer line across Highway 146 at "K" Street prior to overpass construction. Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge and Bob Reach of Turner Collie & Braden addressed the urgency of installation of this sewer line prior to the State's construction of the overpass at Highway 146 and Fairmont Parkway. Motion was made by_Counc~lperson Skelton to dec emerg~cy and authorize a~e_rtis~ap,,for bids for install tion of sewer line across Highwav 146 at "EC" Street prior to overpass construction. Second by Council person Walker. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Walker, Lloyd, Matuszak, Waters, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Malone Nays: None I • • Minutes, Emergency Called Meeting La Porte City Council July 15, 1985, Page 2. 3. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was duly adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted: C~ Cherie Black City Secretary Passed & approved this the 22nd day of July, 1985 Orman Malone, Mayor • .• • MEMORANDUM July 11, 1985 T0: MA OR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: K OWEN, CITY MANAGER SUBJECT: INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINE ACROSS 146 - AGENDA ITEM ~3 Representatives from Turner Collie & Braden will be present at the meeting to discuss out-of-phase construction of the above referenced project. Emergency action may be necessary in order not to conflict with the State's construction schedule for the overpass at Highway 146 and Fairmont Parkway. Jaek Owen JO/cb /~- r • • i L TurnerCollie~Braden Inc. July 15, 1985 Mr. Jack Owen City Manager City of La Porte P. 0. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 Re: Fairmont Parkway Relief Sanitary Sewer State Highway 146 Crossing Turner Collie & Braden Job No. 13-02000-032 Dear Mr. Owen, This letter summarizes the current status of the proposed sanitary sewer crossing State Highway 146 at 'K' Street and presents our recommendations concerning the required course of action. The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation has received bids for construction of the State Highway 146 overpass at Fairmont Parkway, wh.icfi includes placemen'-t of fill south of Fairmont Parkway across the proposed sewer alignment. The contract was awarded to Williams Brothers Construction Company, Inc. and is currently being executed and finalized. Both parties to this contract expect that a work order and notice to proceed will be issued by Friday, July 26, 1985. The contractor expects to start work on the project by August 1, 1985. The placement of fill for the approaches to the overpass will be the first item of work. and should start in early August. Once the fill has been placed, the proposed sewer line will not be able to be installed using the less expensive "open-cut" type of construction, but instead will have to be tunneled uner the S. H. 146 right-of-way. This would involve a considerable additional expense to the City. Doug Pitcock of Williams Brothers Construction Company has indicated that they can avoid placing the fill in the proposed sewer alignment for about 6-7 weeks, if the City will proceed with construction of the sewer line so that it can be completed in that time. This schedule does not allow for the normal period of time required for advertise- ment for bids, award of contract, delivery of materials and construction. CONSULTING ENGINEERS PO BOX 13089 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77219 5757 WOODWAY 713 780-4100 TELf:X 774185 TCB HOU CONSULTING ENGINEERS • TEXAS AUSTINJDALLASIEL PASOIHOUSTONIPORT ARTHUR COLORADO DENVER • • TurnerCollie c~Braden Inc. July 15, 1985 Mr. Jack Owen City of La Porte Page Two Of the two reinforced (RPM) , only time. pipe materials being considered for this project, concrete pipe (RCP) and reinforced plastic mortar the RCP is available within 2-3 weeks delivery We recommend that the City award a contract for construction of the proposed sewer line under S.H. 146 by Friday, July 26, 1985, using the Class III RCP thick wall pipe with calcareous aggregate, with a construction time of 35 days. Since there is not adequate time for a normal 2-3 week advertising period, we suggest that closed bids be obtained from two or more qualified contractors by Tuesday, July 23, 1985, so that a contract can be awarded by the following Friday. We will prepare the necessary documents to receive bids on this work at your direction. Please give me a call if you have any questions. ~~ ~~_ obert C. each, P.E. Project Manager Very truly yours, RCR:lf cc: Cecil Allen Jerry Hodge John Joerns