Title
Approving a Work Authorization with CBRE, Inc. in the amount of $293,700 for appraisal services associated with the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
The proposed agenda item is to approve a Work Authorization with CBRE, Inc. to provide appraisal services for the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water project. This agenda item is supported by the Infrastructure pillar of the Strategic Plan, “maintain and prepare a robust infrastructure”.
Design began in February 2022, City Council approved a professional engineering contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the design, and bidding phase services for the above referenced water line project, we are in the easement acquisition phase of the project. This project is identified in the updated 2021 Water Master Plan. The water line project will transport water from the Colorado River to Lake Pflugerville, parallel to the City’s existing raw water line to provide additional water supply to support the future of Pflugerville. This project comprises approximately 15 miles of 42-inch water pipeline and improvements to the Colorado River Intake Pump Station to allow for increase transfer in water supply from the Lower Colorado River Authority from 12,000 acre-feet per year to 24,000 acre-feet per year.
In order to move forward with the easement acquisition, the City needs to obtain appraisals on the identified Temporary Construction Easements as required by Federal funding and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding guidelines. The City possess’ permanent water line easements along the existing raw water line. However, in order to complete construction of the second water line the contractor will need to work outside of the existing easement which requires the City to obtain Temporary Construction Easements (TCE) in addition to the existing permanent easements for the duration of construction. The TCE’s will disso...
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