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File #: 15-24281    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Approved
File created: 4/2/2025 In control: City Council Business Meeting
On agenda: 6/9/2025 Final action: 6/9/2025
Title: Engineering Services for Queens/Westfield Storm Drainage Improvement Project
Attachments: 1. Map - Queens/Westfield SDIP
Title
Engineering Services for Queens/Westfield Storm Drainage Improvement Project

Action
Action:
A. Approve contract amendment #3 for $900,000 to the contract with W.K. Dickson & Co., LLC for design and construction phase administration services, and

B. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract and this amendment were approved.

Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Charles, Charlotte Water
Mike Davis, Storm Water Services
Matthew Gustis, Storm Water Services

Explanation
* On November 1, 2021, the city entered into a contract with W.K. Dickson & Co. LLC for $400,000 to provide planning services for the Queens/Westfield Storm Drainage Improvement Project in Council Districts 1 and 6.
* Contract amendment #1 approved additional personnel due to staff changes for the contract.
* Contract amendment #2 modified the contract term.
* Both contract amendment #1 and #2 had no impact on the total contract value.
* As intended upon the successful completion of the planning services, an amendment is needed to add design and construction phase administration services for the project.
* Specific design and construction administration tasks include, but are not limited to:
* Design of repairs and/or improvements;
* Survey and utility locate services;
* Geotechnical subsurface investigations;
* Preparation of construction documents; and
* Construction administration.
* The new total value of the contract, including amendment #3, is $1,300,000.

Charlotte Business INClusion
All additional work involved in this amendment will be performed by W.K. Dickson & Co., LLC and their existing subconsultants. W.K. Dickson & Co, LLC has committed 9.65% ($86,840) of the total contract amendment to the following certified firm(s):
* Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (MBE) ($26,385) (geotechnical services)
* Tidemark Land Services (SBE) ($60,455) (topographic surveying and mapping)

Fiscal Note
Funding: Stormwater Capital Investment...

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