City of Columbus - File #: 1934-2017

• File #: 1934-2017
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/7/2017
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 7/31/2017
• Final action: 8/3/2017
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Shook Construction Company for the Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment - Disinfection Project at the Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $17,633,252.00 from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water Development Loan Fund; and to authorize the expenditure of up to $17,633,252.00 from said loan fund for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($17,633,252.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/3/2017	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
8/2/2017	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/31/2017	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/31/2017	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Shook Construction Company for the Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT) Disinfection Project at Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant (SWWTP), CIP 650367-100004. This project, approved by the Ohio EPA, will provide additional waste water treatment plant capacity to treat wet weather flows in excess of 330 Million Gallons Daily (MGD).

This project will focus on upgrades and modifications to provide new effluent conduit, disinfection chemical feed facilities, and levee modifications. This is a contract for services to construct the SWWTP CEPT Disinfection facilities.

Contracts with other entities will be in place to provide Engineering Services through Construction and Construction Management services in tandem with this project.

This project is within the Rickenbacker community planning area, within the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant.

This project has been approved for below market-rate loan financing through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) which is administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). Ordinance 2219-2016, passed September 26, 2016, authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a WPCLF Loan for the project. Upon the loan award, which is expected in July 2017 an OWDA Loan Account number will be assigned.

2. PROJECT TIMELINE: All work shall be substantially complete in a manner acceptable to the City in April of 2020, with final completion to occur in June of 2020.

3. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION: The Division advertised for competitive bids for the subject project on the City's Vendor Services website, the City's Bulletin in accordance with the overall provisions of Section 329 of Columbus City Codes, and the Bid Express website. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received three (3) bids on June 21, 2017 from the following...