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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17358-01-2007Ordinance No. 1 7 358-0 1-20 07 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE CULTURE AND TOURISM FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,586 AND DECREASING THE UNRESERVED, UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE BY THE SAME AMOUNT; FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSFERRING SAID FUNDS TO THE SPECIALLY FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 31257 WITH PARSON5 WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, ;PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING TH15 ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2006- 2007 in the Budget of the City Manager, there shaft also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Culture and Tourism Fund in the amount of $17,5$6 and decreaseing the unreserved, undesginagted fund balance by the same amount, far the purpose of transferring sadi funds to the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund to execute Amendment No. 7 to City Secretary Contract Na. 3'1257 with Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc. to provide additional engineering services. SECTION 2. That should any portion, section or part afi a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void far any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shaft in no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 17142 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prier ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: January 9, 20Q7 This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. City ®f Fe~rt ~i7~ 7°e~r~s r i~ i ~ ~_ G©UNCIL ACTION: Approved on 11912007 -Ordinance No. '117358-01-2007 & 17359-01-2007 DATE: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 L®G NAME: 30PARSONAMEND7 REFERENCE N®.: ~'~C-21926 SUBJECT: Authorize Execution of Amendment Na. 7 to Engineering Agreement with Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacements on Throckmortan Street and 14th Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances {City Project No. OQ136) REC(?14AMEND/~TION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adapt the attached supplemental appropriation ordinance increasing appropriations in the Culture and Tourism f=und by $17,586.00 and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance by the same amount; 2. Authorize the transfer of $17,58fi.00 from the Culture and Tourism Fund to the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund; 3. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund in the amount of $17,586.00 from available funds; and ~. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment Na. 7 to City Secretary Contract No. 31257 with Parsons Water and lnfrastructure, Inc., in the amount of $17,586.00 to provide additional engineering services, thereby increasing the contract amount to $158,670.87. Subsequent amendments, if necessary, will be processed administratively up to a $25,000 total. DISCUSSI®N: On January 4, 2005, (M&C C-20470} the City Council authorized an engineering agreement with Parsons Water and lnfrastructure, lnc., in the amount of $81,319.98 for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacements on Throckmorton Street and 14th Street. The agreement was subsequently revised by six previous amendments totaling $59,764.89 as follows: • Amendment 1 (City Secretary No. 31943) in the amount of $3,205.00 and administratively approved by City Manager on June 14, 2005, provided far additional survey on the project; • Amendment 2 (City Secretary No. 32224) in the amount of $10,132.98 and administratively approved by the City Manager an August 18, 2005, allowed for the preparation of alternate alignments for utilities and additional topographic survey an the project; • Amendment 3 (City Secretary No. 32908) in the amount of $10,046.19 and administratively approved by City Manager on December 19, 2005, provided far additional subsurface exploratory excavation in order to ascertain the exact locations of existing conflicting utilities; Lagname: 30PARSQNAMEND7 Page 1 of 2 • Amendment No. 4 (M&C G-21333. March 7, 2006) in the amount of $16,540.54 provided for the preparation of a traffic control plan, coordination with the City"s other consultant far the storm drain, paving and traffic signal improvements and the development of a plan to minimize disruption of water services to customers during construction of the project; • Amendment No. 5 (City Secretary No. 33520) in the amount of $12,432.78 and administratively approved by the City Manager an May 22, 2006 provided additional design services far the relocation of an existing water main that was in direct conflict with a proposed TXU transformer vault to be located nn the Omni Hotel site; • Amendment Na. 6 (City Secretary No. 34070) in the amount of $7,407.40 and administratively approved by the City Manager on October 10, 2006 provided additional engineering services for the replacement of an existing severely deteriorated 10-inch water main located on Throckmarton Street between 11th and 12th Streets; and Amendment 7 will provide compensation for the preparation of detailed and accurate retard drawings of all existing public and private utilities within the Omni hotel project area as requested by the City. The drawings were necessary to identify all potential conflict locations between utility lines and the wall tie-back system for the hotel excavation. Parsons Water and Infrastructure, Inc. proposes to provide the additional design services for a fee of $17,585.00. Staff considers this amount to be fair and reasonable. The projecf is located in COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, Mapsca 77A. k=ISCAL IN~ORMATI®NICERTIFIGATIQN: The Finance Director certifies that upon approval ofi the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinances, funds will be available in the current capita! budget, as appropriated, of the Specially Funded Capital Project Fund. The unreserved, designated fund balance of the Culture and Tourism f=und will be $5,283,792.00 after this appropriation. Lognarrie: 30PARSONAMEND7 Pale 2 0£ 2