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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 115513 ti ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SEWER CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $194,400.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUN~ING A CONTRACT WITH OSCAR RENDA CONTRACTING, INC , PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE TT 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 the Fiscal Year 1993- 94 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Sewer Capital Projects Fund in the amount of $194,400.00 for the purpose of funding a contract with Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., for Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Long-Term Solids Dewatering,,Processing, and Disposal. SECTION 2. Should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall 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 11379 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~` ~~ `~~~~~ity~~At//torney ~7~'/~ Date ~~~~ Adopted ~ ~~~ Effective City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council C cn;mn~unication DATE REFERENCE N[Jt~ffiER LO(i NAME PAGE 04/05/94 (gevised) C-14255 60LONG 1 of 3 svsJECS AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR VILLAGE CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, LONG TERM SOLIDS DEWATERING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL ~. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council Authorize the City Manager to transfer $2,505,600 00, from Water and Sewer Operating Fund PE45 to Sewer Capital Project Fund, and , 2 Adopt the attached appropriations ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by $194,400 00 in the Sewer Capital Projects Fund from accumulated impact fees, and 3 Authorize the City Manager to transfer 5136,080 00 from Impact Fees Retail and 558,320 00 from Impact Fees Wholesale to the Long Term Solids De-watering, Processing and Disposal Project in the Sewer Capital Projects fund, and 4 Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc for the long term dewatering and disposal at the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in the amount of 524,857,000 00, based on a five-year commitment calculated on the total projected quantities, with annual funding of which 2 7 millon is available and the current TNRCC permit requirements and the pre-approved conceptual plan, and further to direct the staff to negotiate with Bio-Gco for the construction of a permitted composting facility with capabilities of processing up to 30% of the contemporary sludge This should include terms, projected operational expenses, and projected start up dates T~s-~e~gvt~ia~t~i~o~-~ sl~orrl~'be comp ed`bq~74-prii-~-9~ 9~94~d-pr-es~t~ed-t~-h~e-Eity C-®t~ra~iJ_for~onsideration. DISCUSSION On May 5, 1993 (M&C C-13812), the City Council authorized an engineering contract to prepare plans and other contract documents for long term sludge dewatering facility at the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Pliant The staff and a variety of nationally recognized experts developed a scope of work for the long term facility that would be capable of processing all the sludge produced by the treatment plant In an effort to assure the City with maximum flexibility, the specifications for the facility were designed to be performance based, with certain general standards outlined (i a ,equipment, building, dimensions, etc) The intended result was to construct acost-effective long term facility capable of dewatering and producing a class "B" grade of sludge An alternate for a class "A" grade of sludge was also included again to assure maximum flexibility ,,. L~ Printed on recycled paper _.~s City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council ~;ommunication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LO(i NAME PAGE 04/05/94 (uevi~) C-14255 60LONG 2 of 3 susJECT AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR VILLAGE CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, LONG TERM SOLIDS DEWATERING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL Bids were opened in September 1993, based on these objectives and specifications Four vendors responded, however, as the bids were being evaluated, two of the bidders raised questions concerning the complexity and some confusion in the performance based contractual approach After reviewing the various options, the City staff recommended that all bids be rejected and that each vendor be provided an opportunity to negotiate a proposal which covered a number of options and alternatives that could 6e appropriately evaluated by the City staff and Council On January 20, 1994, the staff invited the four vendors to a briefing and answered the concerns raised by the two bidders Each vendor was then invited to meet in confidential negotiations with the City's negotiating team BFI chose not to participate BIO-GRO, Oscar Renda and PSG accepted the offer and negotiations occurred over athree-week period ending on February 23, 1994 The results of the negotiations were summarized in a report (attachment 1) and presented to the City Council at the March 8, 1994 pre-council meeting The Council expressed an interest in opening the deliberations on the project to a public hearing The public hearing, conducted by City staff, was held on March 22, 1994 at 7 00 P M in the City Council Chamber An opening statement on the background and purpose of the hearing was presented by staff Next, the three vendors provided 20-minute presentations of their respective proposals which were followed by public comment• Eleven (1 1) citizens provided comments The hearing was closed at approximately 9 30 P M After consideration of three negotiated proposals, the City staff recommends award of the contract to Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc based on the attached report (attachment 2) Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc ~ has proposed DBE participation of between 32% to 35% thus exceeding the City's DBE policy A "funding out" clause will be included in the contract which will require that each year be funded on an annual basis from operating budget At this time funding is provided for construction, of the facility only u, 1~~ Printed 'on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council ~,'ommunication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 04/05/94 (Revised) C-14255 60LONG 3 of 3 svssECT AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR VILLAGE CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, LONG TERM SOLIDS DEWATERING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon approval and completion of recommendation 1, the adoption of the attached appropriations ordinance and the approval and completion of recommendation 3, funds required for the construction phase of the contract will be available in the current capital budget of the Sewer Capital Projects Fund MG q ~it'~`O Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT ~ CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (~) (1)PSSB sal2oo o7os8o3ooozo 52,sos,boo.oo~ Mike Groomer 6140 (2)PSS8 488343 070580200040 S136,080.00 Originating Department Head: (2)PS58 488353 070s80200050 $58 320 00 //~~,,~~~~ i~iM~ , . (2)PS58 s38070 070s80200040 S136,080.00 ~/~Y ~®~N~~L (2)PSS8 538070 070s802000s0 Ss8,320.00 (3)PSS8 541200 070580300020 5194,400.00 AP~ ~~ f~94 Richard Sawey 8207 (from) (1)PE4s s38070 0705002 S2,s05,600.00 ~tJ For Additional Information (3)PSS8 s38070 070s80200040 5136,080.00 ~~~~~/ Contact: (3)PS58 538070 070s80200050 Ss8,320.00 Richard Sawey 8207 (3)PSS8 s41200 070580300020 S2,sOS,600.00 Printed on recycled paper