HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2005-513 - 10/11/2005 - Approved CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
RINCON BAYOU DIVERSION PROJECT -
8AUNITY AND FRESHWATER INFLOW MONITORING:
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
'rim C..Ity ~ ~ Christi. Texas, hero, nar'mr caled 'C_At)~, ~ h'm ~ ~N~ Reaearc~
~DNR, at Texas ~ Unlvemlty - ~a Christi. I~em~md'mr called 'DNR", hereby ~ -- ~
I SERVICES TO ~ PER~CORlVlED
DNR..?a~y ~ to perf~3~m ~ co~su'ltlng se~vfc~.___ ~ to plan, ~, undertake, c~mpMl~, ar~cl
mo~o~ mm~on~ arm one m3a~.~[eor~lcal mo~m:~'mg .m.,~n m me Nueces River, Bey, and ~r,~-~ ~
Ii E, COPE QF SERV1CES
DNR's ~ vdl tm Ihose n~
~ndlng 1~ ~iicm service
· change of Hydrolab Instrument. with a frailly ca,'lb,.i~:l unit every 2 weeka;
al~o reporling I:Vn nnd w~tar Im~a~;
· mak~ all ~ avdable in graphical
(l~iip'l/dnr. ct3i.tarnucc.edtU~data) vHthk~ one [x~ur
(http//dm.ct~l.mmuc=.edu/pmjecls/~ ueces).
DNR will comple'm ~e frisks set k)rU~ ~ ~ II.A H ae~ forl~ I~ the r~learch pwt~poe~l altll:lhed ~ E. xhlb~t ~
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DNR will con'plete the fe41o,w~g I~mka:
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UTBMI and CCS
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the upper prat ~ Ntmces ~ at W~iI~s Pc~r~. DNR wtl u~e precise w~M~' kMM ~ from Ibis
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DNR wiH en~Jre ail callbrabon standm uIe,d Im NIST trlcaab~ and p~Jrchlled t,~.,, · quaB1ed ~
mnance company. DNR v~ uae calbm~on and poet-c~l)rlt~ me.ode ~ by fie
hEp:/Idnr.c~.tlmLLc~_..edu/cllb. DNR v~ ~ an Inltrument mlkltellllce :,..LI:~I:~ W~l · qt~lted
Instrument ma~mnence firm for eadn Hydro~b. Eac~ un~ v~ be annualy ~ and mturb~hed. A!
DNR will provide d~a to su~:~ort flhoee reeeerc~ effort~ curreffdy b~ done by CC~, UTMSI, and the
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C ORDER OF 8ER~CES
The mo~'~g pef~d wll be for 12 ma, from October 1 2005 bhroegh ~.-~..,i~- 30, 2008.
ES'F~IATED COSTS FOR OPERA'nON AND M~JNTANENCE OF F'IVE 8NJNITY MONFI'ORJNG
STA~ONS AND ONE ~DAUMETEROCOGk~AJ. MONIOTO~NG 8'FA'RON IN THE NUL=CE8 F. STUARY
FEES
IN~RECT 17.000.00
TOTAL 112,550.00
H 'a-IOI, IE~XEV~A i I=.I~ONtYiiI~IC~ ~ 2 Of 3
addnm~mem mpecifled below. If terrninmaon c-~.~rm prier to the flrmi cempieUon of ,d ~ CO,~..F; ; d by ~
~ DNR mhaJI be pak:l for M r~m~:)~ml:~ coe'm Incurred orcr. mb~ ' ,~*ly c~nmrdmd t~ beaxpmd~:lmoflhm
~ termination ~el Includln~ ~t~rl~ of~ for lt~ r~r~nder ~ lt-~lr rFok~m~ The f(~golng
sha~ no~ be co~lrued ~ mqu~ ~ City ~ cocn~M~ DNR l~' any __..,ervk:~,a no~ perlfom~ed In · prope~,
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City of Comus Chrtsb
P.O ~ 927'7
~ Christi, TX 78469-9277
512-880-3500
Fax 512-880-3601
DNR:
Jo~n Adarr~
DNta~on of Neamhore Reaeerch
T~A&M Unlvemity - Corpus ~
8300 Oce~ Drive
~ Chrtm~, l'X 78412
361-825-5759
Fax: 381-825-5704
Jadams~cbLl~mucc.edu
v) LO~J PARTII~IPATION
The C~ ~:~unc~m atae~ lx~E'y ~ ~ C~ expenclltur~ ~ contract~ for p, uf~ ~n-' ~ be of rnaxtrr,~-n
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 'rEXA8 A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS/
CHRISTI
B Io/ y:j
Ronald f. Maasey "J Date
Assistant City Manager Prlnci~l Investlgak:,r
ATTEST:
ck'y ,Secretary
[~'go~'*' Dean, Unlvemlty Odtmach Date
Date Co-Principal Inve~lgator
Texaa A&M Unlveralty - Corpus Chrbtl
APPRO~ED
AS
TO
FORM:
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Mr. Kevin Stowers
1201 Leopard
City of Corpus Christi
Corpus Chdsfi, Texas 78401
14 Sept~m~r, 2005
Dear Mr. Slowers:
The staterne.~ of work covered herein am submitled to the City of Corpus ChriS1 fo~
consideration. These ~ernents will constitute a fee for sa~vices rendered by the
Division of Nearshore Reeearch (DNR) at Texas A&M Unlvemlty - Cor~J~ Chr~tl
(TAMUCC). Included am ~ of work ou'dlnes and budget to continue the ongoing
salinity mo~itortng efforts In the Nueces Estuary.
PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK FOR NUECES BAY, RIVER, AND DELTA
SALINITY AND FRESHWATER INFLOW MONITORING.' 2003-2008
SUMMARY
Five salinity monitoring stations and o~e ticlal/mateorologlcal rno~lto~g station In
the Nusces River, Bay, and Delta will be covered under this agreement. Sta'do~ sarvtce
~ncludes exchange of Hydrolab Instruments with a freshly callbratecl unit every 2 weeks.
Ail stations will report salinity and water temperature, with some un~ also retx~J~
dissoh~d oxygen, pH, and water depth.
AJI dale will be available in graphical and tabular format o~ the DNR website
(http:l/ll~hE;~use.tamucc.ed~/data) within one hour of the time data vmm collected.
Prlnf~hle e~K~tronlc monthly progress reports are also avaiable o~ the DNR website
(http :l/lighthouse.tam ucc.ed u/projects/nueces).
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The Divtsio~ of Nearshore Research at Texas A&M Unlvemlty - Corpus Christi has been
operating and maintaining salinity monitoring equipment In the Nueces Estuary for the
Ciby of Coq:~Js Christi since November 1991, trying to help undemtla'td the elT~cts of
freshwater Inflow~ on salinity into the Nuecee system. This ~1 Is for a
co~nuation of the mJrrent monitoring effort in support of sanity condltlor~ In Nueces
Bay, river, and del'ea. Theee dale collecl~cl will be used to help ~ City of Corpus
Christi wat~ supply menagem determine quantitlee of fresh water reClulrecl by lfle
amerKled Agreed Order between the City and the State of Texas. Other bertefl~ of the
data collection inctude collaboration with othe~ researchers in the cle~, namely, The
Center for Coastal Studies at TAMUCC (CCS) and the University of Texas Marine
Science Institute at Po~t Amnsas (UTMSI).
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Nueces Bay Salinity Monitoring - Freshwater Inflow
This is an ongoing pro~ originating in the fall of 1991. Nuecea Bay salinity monitoring
by DNR consist~ of 2 monitoring pletforrns In the bay, one near Whites Point (SALT03)
and the other mid bay, near the CPL power lines (SALT01), one ~atlon In the Nuecea
River (SALT05), and another In the delta (SALT04). Parame~r measured at Matlorm
Salt01 and salt03 inciude salinity, conductivity, dlsaolved oxygen, water temperature,
and pH. Stations Salt04 and Salt05 pararne~rs will Include salinity, water temperature,
and water depth only. The stations am placed In such a manner to i~ack fresh water
~nflows Into Nuecea Bay using salinity levels and the Indicator. Relief for required
freshwater releases may be taken by the City if the salinity levels in Nuecea Bay fall
below the Upper Salinity Bounds. A daily running report
(http:l/llghthouae.tamucc.edu/salrel) produced by DNR shows the current fm~wmtar
relief status.
Nueces Delta Diversion Project - Freshwater Inflow
The City he~ designed and is building a diversion channel from the Nuecea River Into
the della. Most of this dlvartad river water is designed to flow Into the RJncon Bayou.
UTMSI and CCS am preeen'dy conducting Iong-tarm biological ~0Jdlea of the effec~ of
this diversion. DNR and the City e~tabtlNmd a salinity monitoring s;..[ion (8AJ.T08) near
the mouth of the Rlncon In support of theae efforla. Pa~ measured at ~ta'don
Salt08 will consist of salinity, water tempe,'ature, and w~[m- depth only.
Nuece~ Bay Tidal and Meteorological S~on
The Texas Coaa~l Oceanic Otmerva'don Network (TCOON) operates a
fidal/meteoroiogical station (011) In the upper part of Nuecea Bay at Whites Point.
Support from the City i~ critical to the continued ope,,Eon and malntanance of thi~
station. Prec~e water level mea~ureme~-~;~ from this ~ am used ea a mfemnco for
work by the othera in the various projec~ In the bay, river, and della.
STATION SERVICE and MAINTENANCE
Ail salinity and dls~:l oxygen stations corm~ of a Hydrolab warm' quality ~o~de, ;,
radio, modem, and 12 volt aotar power ~m. FreahJy callb,..E~l I-I~rolab unll~ am
exchanged with un~ on ~ every other week. The unll~ am taken back to DNR for
po~t cal~ratlon and preparation for futura sarvice. A maintenance ~ent wtth
I-lyglmtechZS of Austin, Texas for ~ continued reliability of the Hydroleb un~ has
been in effm~ since 2001. Covered under this agreement are all components of the
I-lydmlab. ensuring that the instrt~nenta deployed am aa good aa, or berlin-, than facl~'y
standards.
DATA COl I I=CTION
A COml~Jtar program written by ~atf at DNR polis each station every I'mJf hour. Five
1~2~4 I
measurements are reque=~a~:l from each insb'ument, these 5 am then averaged. The
hourly averages am lflen placed I~o the database and reported on the DNR web Nte.
Daily salinity reports am produced showing Itte runn~rtg ten and seven day average~ aa
well aa the dally average (http://iighthouae.tamucc.edu/salrpt). Monthly salinity In
relation to the Upper and Lower Salinity bound~ is found at
http:l/ligl'~ouse.tamucc.edu/salml, which is used to dete,,,,ine if rite City may take
credit from freshwater rem ;',urn the ~rage facilities.
INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION
AJI callbfuUon ~[andarda used are NIST traceable, and pumbased from HydrotechZS.
Calibration and po~t-calibfation method, u~ed am thoae e~abllahed by the
manufacturer of Hydrolab. All calibration and ix=t-calibration recon:~ ~re available o~
the DNR webslte, http://iighthouse.tamucc, edu/callb. An Instrument maintenance
agreement with HydrotechZS ~ used with each Hydrolab. Each unit I~ sent off annually
for inspection and refurbishment. Ail compommts of Ihe instrument am covered under
COLLABORITIVE MONITORING
This proposed continuation of the salinity monitoring program ia designed t~ provide
d~Lu to support those raaearch efforts currently being done by CCS, UTMSi, and the
City. Should the need or occasion arise where additional monitoring efforl~ be requlmcl,
DNR will be In a position to support those efforts.
SCHEDULE OF WORK AND FEE FOR SERVICE
The division of Nearahore Research at Texas A&M Univemity - Corpus Christi hereby
agrees for the duration of 5 yearn (1 ~ber, 2003 through 31 Auguat, 2008) to
perform all services necessary to provide water quality monlkxlng, as desc,~ In ~ls
proposal The budget ~ 1 Se~--~'nber, 2005 through 31 August, 2006 ~ $112,550 arid
is enctosed with this proposal. Sul:~equent budge'~ will be agreed upon on an annual
baai~.
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ESTIMATED COSTS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTN~IENCE OF FIVE 8N_INFrY MONfTORJNG
STATIONS AND ONE 'rlDAL/METEROLOGICAL MONIOTORING STATION IN THE NUECES
ESTUARY
12 July, 2005
PERSONNEL
Pnnctpal Inve~tl~r, John S. Adams
Data Armlyst / D~t~b~e M~r~gemem.
Software Engineer I D~tJbaJe Maruigement
Graduate A~tant, Settlor Field Technlc~n
Undergraduate, Field Tednnlctan
$11,500
7,000
14,600
8.000
TOTAL PERSONNEL
B GAUGE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
10 Hydrolab Unlla, Malnt~nance ~ JJ $1,000 each
Calltlfatlon and Lab SUl:~ileJ
~ ~ 'Tide ~uge M~lntenance
Mlecellane~:xJ~ 8~Jl:~OtleJ
3,000
7,000
3.000
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
Beat
Truc~
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION
D COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SUPPUES
Fletd Paln'~ ~
_$1
1,000
1.000
TOTAL COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
E INDIRECT
S17.0~
TOTAL
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CITY OF CI~ CHIanTI
DISCLOSURE OF INTER~I"~
C~ ~ ~ Christi Ordl~ 17112, ~ amended, rac~ ali ~a ~ ~ aeeidng ~ do ~ wlh ~ C~y
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DI~"LI:)~URE QUF_fTION8
If ~ddi~ s~ ~ nece~ary, p~ u~ the ~ ~:~ of ~b pal~ ~ =llm~ m~pem~ atmet
3% m. mom of th~ ownet~lp In the Mxwm rimmed firm.
State the name~ of #c~ offkdal of the City of Coq3um Chrl~ having an =wnm'~tlp in'mre~ cor~tltulJng
3% or more of the owneraMp In the ~ named flrrn.
cona~ltutlng 3% or rnor~ of the ownership In Ute mbov~ nmrn~cl firm.
State h'm narrm~ of each employ# or ofilcm' of m consultant fro' tJte City of Corpu~ CI~IMJ who ~
on any mald~r relatm:l to l~e ~ubJect of I~lm ¢o.,6.c~ ,mrs] hu; o~w~rthlp Int~reat con~ltutl~g ~ or
more of ~e ownm'~hlp In lite above named firm.
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I (.erlffy I~a~ ali inforrrml~n pn3~kled b~ ~ and cow~'t ~ of tt~ c~ of b~ ~mment, b"mt I ~ rm~ Imowlngly
withheld d~m of ~y I~ reqtmstmd: ~d that supplemm'ffat statmTmn~ will be ~ mJ3mll~d ~ ~
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DEFIImoNs
I~:~r d IV~,'~:~. A ~ OT any Ix~erd. commissio~ or commitlee ~p~olnt~d by tJ'~ City CoL~-~c~ of lhe City of
Corpd~ ChriS. Texa~
E:'np~:~yee. Any person empk~y~d by bhe C~ of C~:~)us Chdetl. Text. either on a fiji or part Ume be~8, but not
Independent c,~nlnactor
c F,rm Any entAy Ao~'at=cl for economic gmn, wfleb'~r p~;,:~slonal, industrial or commen:tal and whelY,~r
~,;~KI to IXOduce or deel wtth a ixoduc~ or ~lce, inc~ucl~g ~ n~ ~ ~, ~ ~ ~ ~e ~
of sole i:~:)odetomh~, a~ ~lf-employed pemon, pa,'tne~shlp, coqxxa'don, Joint sl~cx:k compm3y, Joint
-ece,~'gmp or bt.mt and enb'bes which, loc pu _rp,~,~ee___ of taxaaon, am trealad aa non-profit organlzaUons.
d. .:.~lcal. The Mayor, .members of the Crty Cc~ncl, City IV~, Deputy City Mm~ger, ~nt CAy
Departmeet ~ Dlvislcm Heads and Municipal ~Judgea o~ the City of Corpus Chrtstl, Texas.
:nnt,ol established bhrough vr~ trusts, proxies or spec~l te~m~ of v~ntur~ or partne~lp ~.
;.::m~ultan~ Any person or firm, suc_~, as engineers and architects, hired by Ihe City of Corpus Chr'ts'd for the
..,, :rp,:,se o~ =~,~r,-~slonaJ conshlluLIon and ~c. ommendation