Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for the O’Shaughnessy Dam Hydroelectric Facilities - FERC Independent Consultant Inspection Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2024.
The Columbus Division of Water (DOW) owns and operates a high hazard dam, water supply reservoir, and hydroelectric power generating plant on the Scioto River near Shawnee Hills, Ohio known as the O’Shaughnessy Dam Hydroelectric Project. As a condition for continued operation in accordance with the Federal Power Act, DOW must commission periodic inspections of the project by a qualified Independent Consultant.
Under the Original Agreement an independent inspection was performed and a report was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Future modifications were anticipated and identified under Ordinance No. 0215-2015.
Modification No. 1 provided funding for engineering design services to address an immediate safety concern identified under the investigation and inspection work that was a small isolated design project related to the access road to the dam.
Modification No. 2 (current) is needed to provide engineering design services to address the safety related items identified under the investigation and inspection work. The design work for Modification No. 2 encompasses the concrete structure of the dam and the flashboards on top of the dam. The design work related to the flashboards is required by FERC.
The O’Shaughnessy Dam is located outside the corporate limits of the City of Columbus and does not have an associated planning area.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $61,700.00
Original Contract Amount: $130,000.00 (EL016811)
Modification No. 1: $ 61,700.00 (PO003170)
Modification No. 2 (current): $270,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods. 1-2) $461,700.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not b...
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