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Home My WebLink About12129 ORD - 06/19/1974JRR:jkh:6- 18 -74; 1st • TEXAS: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BLACK 6 VEATCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, FOR THE PREPARATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, A COPY OF SAID CONTRACT BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A "; APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 250 SANITARY SEWER BOND FUND $25,000 APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 250 -7 -210; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That the City Manager be authorized to execute a contract with Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers, for the preparation of a Waste- crater Treatment Facilities Master Plan, a copy of said contract being attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked Exhibit "A ". SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated out of the No. 250 Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund $25,000 applicable to Project No. 250 -7 -210 for payment of the services aforesaid. SECTION 3. The necessity to immediately authorize the execution of the contract and to appropriate the necessary sums in order that the project may be commenced at the earliest practicable date creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the Zf Zrday of June, 1974. ATTEST: 1 City Secretary MAYO APP THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OF , 1974: City Attorney 12129 • CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES • THIS CONTRACT, IS EXECUTED THIS DAY OF , 1974, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CITY, AND BLACK & VEATCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE ENGINEERS. WITNESSETH: THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS HEREIN CONTAINED, THE CITY HEREBY AGREES TO EMPLOY THE ENGINEERS TO PERFORM THE SERVICES HEREINAFTER OUT- LINED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MASTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN, TO DEVELOP A FLEXIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND AGREES TO PAY THEM FOR EACH SERVICE ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE OF FEES HEREIN CONTAINED. SECTION I. THE SERVICES WHICH THE ENGINEERS AGREE TO PERFORM ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. PREPARE BASE MAPS OF AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION ON USGS BASE OR AERIAL PHOTO BASE, DELINEATING DRAINAGE SHEDS OF EXISTING SEWAGE COLLECTION SUBSYSTEMS, EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT LOCATIONS, AND OUTFALL LOCATIONS. 2. ESTIMATE DRAINAGE SHED AREAS, POPULATION AND WASTEWATER FLOWS BASED ON CENSUS TRACT INFORMATION, CITY PLANNING INFORMATION, AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT RE- CORDS FOR THE YEARS 1980 AND 1990. 3. INVENTORY EXISTING COLLECTION SYSTEM TRUNK SEWERS, PUMPING STATIONS, TREATMENT 1� PLANTS, AND PROPOSED COLLECTION TREATMENT FACILITIES. Y. ESTABLISH GOALS AND NEEDS OF THE CITY, TO PROVIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE YEAR 1990. 5. CONFER WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES CONCERNING FUTURE TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH POTENTIALLY AFFECT TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND CITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WASTE- WATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT. 6. DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES TO MEET GOALS AND NEEDS ESTABLISHED- IN ITEM 4 WHICH WILL CONSIDER: A.) CONSOLIDATION OF TREATMENT FACILITIES. B.) SHIFTING PORTIONS OR ALL OF WASTEWATER FROM SELECTED EXISTING PLANTS TO OTHER EXISTING OR NEW PLANT SITES. C.) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING PLANT LOCATIONS WITH VARYING DISTRIBUTION OF WASTEWATER LOADS TO THE SEVERAL PLANTS. D.) SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL AT INDIVIDUAL PLANTS OR AT CENTRAL PLANT LOCATION. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SLUDGE DISPOSAL METHODS INCLUDING METHODS CURRENTLY USED BY THE CITY AND LIQUID OR DEWATERED SLUDGE DISPOSAL. 7. PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS AND TREATMENT PLANT FACILITIES NECESSITATED BY EACH ALTERNATIVE. 8. PROVIDE A SCHEDULEiOF EVENTS FOR 'INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF." EACH..ALTERNATIVE -.. 9. PROVIDE AN OPINION OF PROBABLE CAPITAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR EACH ALTERNATIVE AND MAKE A COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS. 10. DEFINE POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FOR EACH ALTERNATIVE. 11. RECOMMEND THE PLAN WHICH OFFERS THE BEST COMBINATION OF BENEFITS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES AND COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS. 12. REVIEW EXISTING TREATMENT CAPABILITY AND RECOMMEND SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITIES WHICH WILL PERMIT MEETING EFFLUENT CRITERIA AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA. 13. OUTLINE PROJECT TIME SCHEDULES, FOR THE RECOMMENDED PLAN INCLUDING COMPONENT PHASING, PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING IN STEPWISE FORMAT. s • 14. INCORPORATE FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, JUSTIFICATION FOR RECOMMENDATIONS COST ESTIMATES, AND FIGURES IN A WRITTEN REPORT AND DELIVER 50 COPIES OF THE REPORT TO THE CITY WITHIN THREE MONTHS FOLLOWING NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED. SECTION 11. FOR THE SERVICES OUTLINED ABOVE, THE CITY AGREES TO PAY THE ENGINEERS AS FOLLOWS: FOR SERVICES OUTLINED IN SECTION 1, THE CITY AGREES TO PAY THE ENGINEERS A SUM EQUAL TO TWICE PAYROLL COSTS, PAYROLL COST BEING SALARY COST PLUS 25 PER CENTS PLUS DIRECT REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVELS SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER DIRECT EXPENSE2 BUT NOT TO EXCEED A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, DUE AND PAYABLE UPON DELIVERY OF THE COMPLETED REPORT TO THE CITY. SECTION 111. IT IS MUTUALLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT: A. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE, AT ITS OWN EXPENSE, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: 1. WORK SPACE FOR THE ENGINEER'S PERSONNEL DURING PRELIMINARY WORK. 2. ACCESS FOR THE ENGINEERS FOR CONDUCTING SURVEYS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 3. ALL EXPLORATORY WORK SUCH AS THE DIGGING OF TEST PITS, SOIL BEARING TESTS2 AND SOUNDINGS OR CORE DRILLINGS; AND ALL PRELIMINARY AND LABORA- TORY TESTS NECESSARY FOR THE STUDY TO BE DONE WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE OF THE ENGINEERS, WHO WILL FURNISH THE ENGINEERING 11 SERVICES FOR SUCH WORK. 4. ALL MAPS, PLANS, RECORDS AND DATA WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FILES OF THE CITY, AND WHICH MAY BE USEFUL IN THE WORK INVOLVED UNDER THIS CONTRACT. B. IT IS FURTHER UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT THE ENGINEERS WILL PERFORM ANY ADDITIONAL WORK REQUESTED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY WHICH IS NOT SPECI- FICALLY COVERED IN THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION I, SUCH AS SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH APPEARANCES BEFORE SPECIAL BOARDS, PREPARATION OF EASEMENT AND RIGHTS -OF -WAY DESCRIPTIONS] AND SIMILAR SER- VICES, AT A FEE EQUAL TO TWICE PAYROLL COST PLUS ALL DIRECT EXPENSES AT ACTUAL COSTS SUCH AS TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE MILEAGES TELEPHONES REPRO - DUCTION, AND SIMILAR EXPENSES. SECTION IV. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT EITHER PARTY TO THE CONTRACT MAY TERMINATE THE CONTRACT BY GIVING TO THE OTHER THIRTY DAYS NOTICE IN WRITING. UPON DELIVERY OF SUCH NOTICE BY THE CITY TO THE ENGINEER, AND UPON EXPIRATION OF THE THIRTY -DAY PERIOD, THE ENGINEER SHALL DISCONTINUE ALL SER- VICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AGREEMENT AND SHALL PROCEED TO CANCEL PROMPTLY ALL EXISTING ORDERS AND CONTRACTS INSOFAR AS SUCH ORDERS OR CONTRACTS ARE CHARGEABLE TO THIS CONTRACT. AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF TERMI- NATION, THE ENGINEER SHALL SUBMIT A STATEMENT, SHOWING IN DETAIL THE SERVICES PERFORMED UNDER THIS CONTRACT TO THE DATE OF TERMINATION. THE OWNER SHALL THEN PAY THE ENGINEER PROMPTLY THAT PROPORTION OF THE PRESCRIBED CHARGES WHICH THE SERVICES ACTUALLY PERFORMED UNDER THIS CONTRACT BEAR TO THE TOTAL SERVICES CALLED FOR UNDER THIS CONTRACT, LESS SUCH PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE CHARGES AS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE. COPIES OF ALL COMPLETED OR PARTIALLY COMPLETED DESIGNS, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED UNDER THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE OWNER WHEN AND IF IT IS TERMINATED. SECTION V. ASSIGNABILITY THE ENGINEER SHALL NOT ASSIGN, TRANSFER OR DELEGATE ANY OF HIS OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES IN THIS CONTRACT TO ANY OTHER PERSON WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY, EXCEPT FOR ROUTINE DUTIES DELEGATED TO PERSONNEL ON THE ENGINEER'S STAFF OR TO OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES (AND THEIR EMPLOYEES) WORKING UNDER THE ENGINEER'S DIRECTION. IF THE ENGINEER IS A PARTNERSHIP, IN THE EVENT OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP THIS CONTRACT SHALL INURE TO THE INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT OF SUCH PARTNER OR PARTNERS AS THE CITY MAY DESIGNATE. NO PART OF THE ENGINEER'S FEE MAY BE ASSIGNED IN ADVANCE OF RECEIPT BY THE ENGINEER WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY. EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE, EACH OF WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED AN ORIGINAL, THIS THE DAY OF ATTEST CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS DAY OF , 1974 CITY ATTORNEY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 1 974. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY H. MARVIN TOWNSEND, CITY MANAGER BLACK & VEATCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERS BY PARTNER n CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS (City Charter Article IV Section 21) I certify to the City Council that $ 25,000 June 13, 1974 , the amount required for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the 0 above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the credit of: Fund No. and Name No. 250 Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund Project No. No. 250 -72 -10 Project Name Wastewater Treatment Facilities Master Plan from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. FIN 2 -55 Revised 7/31/69 1� �9T D' ector of F ce • Corpus Christi, Texas \J /9 `Zday of , 19 7- TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, C;2� MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark