RESOLUTION NO. 041319
Approving the use of the Citys
Design-Build Bidding Ordinance, Section 2-1585, Code of Ordinances, for the
Liberty Memorial Phase III project and the improvements
and expansion of the current street lighting system within the Aquila service territory.
WHEREAS, the City
Council directed the City Managers Capital Improvements Management Office
(CIMO) to utilize the design-build bidding procedures in Section 2-1585, Code
of Ordinances on up to eight (8) of the seventy-one (71) City projects assigned
to CIMO under Task Order Number 1; and
WHEREAS, the City
Council authorized four (4) projects each with an estimated cost of seven
million dollars or less and four (4) projects each with an estimated cost of
more than seven million dollars to be procured on a design-build bidding basis;
and
WHEREAS, on April 16,
2004, CIMO released the design-build project list which included four projects,
the estimated costs of which exceeded seven million dollars; and
WHEREAS, the Liberty
Memorial Association (LMA) has requested CIMOs assistance in the planning,
management, and development of the Liberty Memorial Phase III project which
will complete the interior of the Museum and conclude the improvement projects
to the Liberty Memorial building; and
WHEREAS, the LMA
desires to open the Museum in Spring 2006 and the use of design-build bidding
will allow the City and the LMA to substantially accelerate and expedite the
construction delivery schedule to meet the expected completion date for this
project; and
WHEREAS, the improvements and expansion of the current street
lighting system within the Aquila service territory (Streetlight
improvements) will be performed to meet the lighting standards already
achieved within the Kansas City Power & Light territory; and
WHEREAS,
the Streetlights improvements will raise the level of lighting on the roadways
and sidewalks to enhance the safety and personal security of those using the
roadways and therefore require a short and expedited project delivery schedule;
and
WHEREAS, this Streetlights improvements work will include
the relocation of existing poles and the addition of new light poles to meet
lighting levels recommended by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and
will replace older fixtures with new and energy efficient high pressure sodium
vapor fixtures; and
WHEREAS, the Liberty
Memorial Phase III project and the improvements and
expansion of the current street lighting system within the Aquila service
territory were not part of the original seventy-one projects assigned to
CIMO; and
WHEREAS,
Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 040170 directed the City Manager to
obtain City Council approval before utilizing the design-build bidding process
on projects not within the guidelines of that Resolution; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the City Managers Capital Improvements Management Office is authorized to
utilize the design-build bidding procedures in Section 2-1585, Code of
Ordinances for the Liberty Memorial Phase III project and the improvements and expansion of the current street lighting
system within the Aquila service territory.
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