Title
Water Quality Enhancement and Stream Restoration Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve unit price contracts with the following companies for water quality enhancement services for a five-year term:
- Gavel & Dorn Engineering, PLLC
- HDR Engineering, Inc. of the Carolinas
B. Approve unit price contracts with the following companies for stream restoration professional services for a five-year term:
- Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
- Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering and Property Management
Jennifer Smith, Engineering and Property Management
Kyle Hall, Engineering and Property Management
Explanation
§ Storm Water Services evaluates the feasibility of new surface water quality improvement projects.
§ Surface water quality enhancements, ponds, and stream restoration projects drain to creeks identified as impaired by Clean Water Act standards.
§ Improvements to existing ponds and newly identified water quality enhancement and stream restoration projects will remove pollutants from storm water runoff before the water is discharged into the creeks.
§ Improving existing ponds is a cost-effective means of improving water quality and newly identified water quality enhancement projects are needed to improve water quality in areas where ponds do not exist.
§ Stream restoration projects generate mitigation credits that can be used to offset stream and wetland impacts on public projects.
§ In 2004, the City of Charlotte established a stream and wetland mitigation bank to hold mitigation credits that can be used by the City and County public projects.
§ On August 10, 2016, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ); 26 proposals were received from interested professional service providers.
§ Firms were selected in September 2016. Staff needed additional time to develop the scope of services and secure appropriate funding.
§ These are the best qualified firms to meet the City’s needs on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification of professional services in response to the RFQ requirements.
§ Estimated contract expenditures for all contracts are $666,667 annually, for a total of $3,333,335.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Action A:
The City Negotiates subcontracting participation after the proposal selection process (Part C: Section 2.1(h) of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy). On these contracts the Prime Consultants have each committed 10% of the total contract amounts to the following certified firms to be utilized as project scopes are defined:
Gavel & Dorn Engineering (SBE)
• CES Group Engineers (SBE, WBE) (survey & mapping)
• Ameridrill Corporation (SBE) (geotechnical)
HDR Engineering Inc.
• James Mauney & Associates (SBE) (survey & mapping)
• R. Joe Harris & Associates (SBE) (survey & mapping)
• Sweetwater Utility Exploration, LLC. (SBE) (utility location)
• CMW Design Strategies (SBE) (landscape architecture)
Action B:
The City Negotiates subcontracting participation after the proposal selection process (Part C: Section 2.1(h) of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy). On these contracts the Prime Consultants have each committed 10% of the total contract amounts to the following certified firms to be utilized as project scopes are defined:
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• Boyle Consulting Engineering, PLLC (SBE) (geotechnical engineering)
• The Survey Company, Inc. (MBE) (survey and mapping)
• Barry Lambert Engineering, PC (SBE) (structural engineering)
• RDL Private Utility Locating, LLC (MBE) (utility locator)
• James Mauney and Associates, PA (SBE) (survey and mapping)
• Hinde Engineering, Inc. (SBE) (engineering consulting)
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
• Armstrong Glen, PC (SBE) (engineering consulting)
• Survey Mapping & Control, Inc. (SBE) (surveying consulting)
• Habitat Assessment & Restoration Professionals (SBE) (assessing and protecting natural resources)
Fiscal Note
Funding: Storm Water Services Community Investment Plan