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Professional Services Supplemental Agreement No. 7 with Freese and Nichols, Inc., in the amount of $352,582 for additional construction phase services associated with the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project.
Summary
Staff requests City Council approval of Professional Services Supplemental Agreement No. 7 with Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI) in the amount of $352,582.00 for additional construction phase, design, coordination, and project management services associated with the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project.
The original Professional Services Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. was approved by City Council on February 12, 2022, in the amount of $7,309,766.00. Subsequent supplemental agreements increased the authorized agreement amount to $9,638,302.00 before Supplemental Agreement No. 7.
The project currently has a total budget of $130,112,095, with $110,554,885 expended to date, leaving $19,557,210 in the remaining project budget. Approval of Supplemental Agreement No. 7 would reduce the remaining project budget to $19,204,628.
The project includes improvements to the Colorado River Intake Pump Station (Construction Packages 1 and 2) and approximately 78,000 linear feet of 42-inch water transmission pipeline (Construction Packages 3 and 4). The project will increase the City's capacity to transfer and deliver water supplies from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).
The Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project supports the Residential and Node Development Pillar of the Strategic Plan.
The additional professional services requested under Supplemental Agreement No. 7 are primarily associated with extended construction schedules, an increased volume of construction submittals and requests for information, additional contractor coordination, and engineering associated with the February 2026 failure of the existing 30-inch water pipeline at Boggy Creek.
The Boggy Creek pipeline failure resulted in additional enginee...
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