Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works

TO:	David P. Cronin, P.E., City Engineer
FROM:	Matt Bond, P.E., Stormwater Engineer/Farmland Project Manager
CC:	Charles Soules, P.E., Director of Public Works Toni Wheeler, City Attorney
DATE:	September 10, 2014
RE:	Agenda Item - Project PW1312 - City Bid No. B1454 Establish a bid date for the clean-up and plugging of the water production wells associated with the former Farmland Industries Nitrogen Plant

Please include the following item on the City Commission Agenda for consideration at the September 16, 2014 meeting.

Project Description

As part of the maintenance and remediation responsibilities of the Lawrence VenturePark (formerly known as the Farmland Industries Nitrogen Plant), staff recommends plugging three existing water production wells. During the plants operational period, these three wells were used to provide process water for the plants operation. The location of these wells is approximately 6300 feet northeast of the plant site (refer to Figure 1).

Project Funding

The funding source for the cleanup, plugging and abandonment of the existing well sites will be funded entirely from with the environmental remediation fund obtained with the acquisition of the site.

Project Schedule

Advertise for bids: September 17, 2014

Bid date: September 30, 2014

Anticipated Start Date: Mid to late October 2014 however not before the growing crops in the project area are harvested.

Project Completion Date: Mid February 2015

Action Request

Set bid date of September 30, 2014 for the removal of the three existing water production wells and the subsequent site cleanup and well plugging - Project No. PW1312.