Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Utilities Department

TO:	Diane Stoddard – Interim City Manager Casey Toomay - Assistant City Manager Brandon McGuire – Assistant to the City Manager
FROM:	Nicholas Hoyt – I/I Manager
CC:	Dave Wagner – Director of Utilities Mike Lawless – Deputy Director of Utilities Philip Ciesielski – Assistant Director of Utilities Bob Brower – Field Operations Superintendent Beth Krishtalka – Assistant to Director
DATE:	September 18, 2015
RE:	Agenda Item – Advertise RFP R1509 for Design Phase Engineering Services for Project UT1513 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Naismith Drive and Crescent Road

Project Description

The City budgets a yearly fund for the ongoing maintenance, repair, and, when necessary, replacement of existing sanitary sewer mains within the collection system.

Project Status/Details

Department of Utilities staff continuously evaluates the condition of the wastewater collection system as part of the regular maintenance program. The sewers in this area have required significant maintenance efforts recently. Based on efforts to perform video inspection of the existing sewer running through the yard of 1501 Crescent Road, it has become apparent that the sanitary sewer lines are in a deteriorated state and require replacement.

The existing sewer lines running west from the intersection of Naismith Drive and Crescent Road are 6-inch diameter vitrified clay pipe and have been in service for over 60 years. These sewers do not meet the current minimum diameter criteria of 8-inches and are not suitable for rehabilitation using a CIPP liner system.

Staff has prepared a Request for Proposals for Design Phase Engineering Services related to the rehabilitation or replacement of up to 1,700 linear feet of sanitary sewer mains generally located south of Crescent Road and north of the University of Kansas’s Learned Hall as identified on the attached map. Actual project scopes, budgets and schedules will be determined as part of the requested engineering services.

Project Funding

Design for the above referenced projects will be funded out of the 2015 Department of Utilities non-bonded construction fund.

Action

Authorize Staff to advertise RFP R1509 for Design Phase Engineering Services for Project UT1513 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Naismith Drive and Crescent Road.