Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Resource International, Inc., for the Home Road Property Demolition Project, in an amount up to $520,000.00, for Division of Water Contract No. 2132.
The Division Of Water (DOW) purchased property at the south east corner of Home Road and SR 745, abutting the west bank of the Scioto River, for construction of future facilities and has no operational use for the majority of the existing structures on the site. The DOW intends to demolish the majority of the existing structures. Work will involve design and services during construction for demolition of existing facilities at the Home Road property to reduce operation and maintenance costs and prepare the site for eventual development by the City. Work may also involve design of decommissioning to prepare structures for demolition, hazardous waste identification and preparation of plans and specifications for remediation, cost estimates and other services needed to support the demolition effort. Design of demolition work will include removal of above and below grade structures, buried and above ground utilities and other features. There is an existing cemetery on the property that the City intends to maintain and there is no anticipated demolition in the vicinity of the cemetery. There are three existing structures that the City wants to evaluate for current/future use. Consultant shall evaluate and make recommendations regarding “mothballing” or current use of the identified buildings. The initial contract will perform design, preparation of bidding documents and assistance during bidding for the project. Services during construction are anticipated to be funded through a future contract modification.
The Community Planning Area for this project is “99 - N/A” since work is being performed in southwest Delaware County, outside established community pl...
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