Title
Fourteenth Amendment to the Contract for Professional Consulting Services for the East Gainesville Sprout Project (B)
This item involves a request for the City Commission to approve additional services and compensation for consulting services for the East Gainesville Sprout Project in the amount of $545,750.
Explanation
This amendment is for additional work by Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc., related to the "Depot Park" project for the Phase I - Remediation, site analyses, development plans and specifications and other services for Phase 2 remediation and construction. This amendment is necessary to adjust the budget for professional services to include work completed to date and allow for completion of a variety of tasks. The Cost Distribution Table between the City's General Government (COG) and Gainesville Regional Utility's Gas Department (GRU) presents the individual tasks, the budget adjustments, each funding source share, and is accompanied by justification statements for each task. Additional information locates for the area for arsenic remediation and presents the scope of services for Depot Avenue - Segment 3 design from South Main Street to the 600 block of Depot Avenue.
Fiscal Note
The additional services are to split between GRU-Gas Utility and the COG in the amounts of $292,193 and $253,557, respectively. Funding for the coal tar remediation is included in the Gas Acquisition Cleanup within the Capital Improvement Plan budget for FY2006. This is funded through the Cost Recovery Factor charged to all Gas System customers. The COG share in the amount of $253,557 is broken down as follows: Funds in the amount of $56,796 for the Stormwater work are available in the State Revolving Fund loan for the Depot Ave - Segment 3; funds in the amount of $82,051 are available in the existing Local Agency Program Agreement (LAPA); and funds in the amount of $114,710 for the engineering services portion of the arsenic remediation are available for use from the General Fund Bond, account 328-800-R213-5410.
Recommendation
Recommended Motion: The City Commission: 1) accept the additional work described for the project; 2) authorize the City Manager to execute the Fourteenth Amendment to the contract for Professional Consulting Services for the East Gainesville Sprout Project, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality; and 3) authorize the City Manager to issue a modified purchase order in the amount not to exceed $3,105,613, which represents the total for professional services included to date.