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File #: 15-24048    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Approved
File created: 2/7/2025 In control: City Council Business Meeting
On agenda: 3/24/2025 Final action: 3/24/2025
Title: Professional Engineering Services for Pond/Dam and Surface Water Quality Enhancement Projects

Title

Professional Engineering Services for Pond/Dam and Surface Water Quality Enhancement Projects

 

Action

Action:

A.                     Approve a contract with The John R. McAdams Company Inc. for Ponds, Dams, and Surface Water Quality Improvement Projects for an initial term of three years, and

 

B.                     Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to two, one-year terms with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.

 

Body

Staff Resource(s):

Angela Charles, Charlotte Water

Mike Davis, Storm Water Services

Robert Zink, Storm Water Services

 

Explanation

§                     Storm Water Services constructs surface water quality enhancement projects to remove pollutants from stormwater runoff before the water is discharged into creeks.

§                     This contract will be utilized to evaluate the feasibility of and provide design services for surface water quality enhancement projects.

§                     This contract also includes evaluations and improvements of existing city-owned stormwater control measures.

§                     On December 19, 2024, the city issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ); eight responses were received.

§                     The John R. McAdams Company Inc. is the best qualified firm to meet the city’s needs on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification of professional services in response to the RFQ requirements.

§                     Annual expenditures are estimated to be $250,000.

 

Charlotte Business INClusion 

The city negotiates contract participation after the proposal selection process. John R. McAdams Company, Inc. has committed 10.00% of the total contract to the following certified firm(s):

§                     Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (MBE) (geotechnical, environmental permitting)

§                     The Survey Company, Inc. (SBE) (surveying)

 

Fiscal Note

Funding:  Stormwater Capital Investment Plan