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Approving a professional services supplemental agreement with Halff Associates in the amount of $198,490 for professional engineering services associated with the Drainage Utility Implementation and Utility Rate Implementation Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
This Professional Services Supplemental Agreement (PSSA) #3 is for Halff Associates and their subconsultants to perform program management and coordination and support for implementation of the Drainage Master Plan, to implement the drainage utility fee study, and to assist with grant funding strategy for an amount of $198,490. The two subconsultants, NewGen Strategies & Solutions and CD&P, will assist with utility billing implementation and extensive public outreach and engagement. The total amount of the original Professional Services Agreement and the following three PSSAs, including this one, totals $549,165.
The City Council amended the comprehensive Aspire plan to include the Drainage Master Plan in September 2023. Setting up a drainage utility allows the city to establish a user fee based on the impact properties place on the drainage system. A stormwater utility provides the means to fund and maintain the large stormwater capital improvements identified in the Drainage Master Plan and fund ongoing operation and maintenance operations related to drainage. NewGen Strategies & Solutions, a sub-consultant to Halff for the Drainage Master Plan, was tasked with conducting a feasibility study to implement a drainage utility for the City of Pflugerville. The report prepared by NewGen Strategies & Solutions entitled “Drainage Utility Fee Feasibility Study” serves as a companion report to the Drainage Master Plan. NewGen Strategies & Solutions also prepared a financial plan to determine the City’s cost of service associated with the provision of Stormwater service and to develop projected rates for the drainage utility fee specific to Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 t...
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