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ORDINANCE NO. 010162
Approving
a $100,000.00 contract with Beemer Construction Co. for Contract No. 7676
emergency repair of 48-inch water main located at 25th and Allen Terrace near
the Turkey Creek Pumping Station; authorizing a $500,000.00 agreement with
Black & Veatch Corp. for permanent repair of the water main; authorizing
expenditure of funds in the amount of $500,000.00 therefor; and recognizing an
emergency.
WHEREAS,
a 48-inch water main located at 25th and Allen Terrace near the Turkey Creek
Pumping Station failed; and
WHEREAS,
Water Services Department staff investigated the failure and determined that
repair of the failed main required emergency services of a contractor; and
WHEREAS,
investigation also revealed that emergency design professional services were
required to investigate the condition of adjacent pipes and to design immediate
repairs to avoid further main failures; and
WHEREAS,
this condition presents an immediate threat to public health and safety; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
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1. That a contract between Kansas City, Missouri through its Director of Water
Services, and Beemer Construction Co. not to exceed $100,000.00 for the
emergency repair of the 48-inch water main at 24th Street and Allen Terrace is
hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is on file in the office
of the Director of Water Services.
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2. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute, on
behalf of Kansas City, an agreement with Black & Veatch Corp. not to exceed
$400,000.00 for emergency design professional services to investigate and
design complete repairs of adjacent pipes in the main failure area located at
24th Street and Allen Terrace. A copy of the agreement is on file in the
office of the Director of Water Services.
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3. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend an
amount not to exceed $500,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account
No. 01-801-080-7703-T Water Main Const/Rehab to satisfy the cost of these
contracts.
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4. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure within the provisions
of Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City because it is for the
immediate preservation of public property, health and safety and shall take
effect in accordance with that section.
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hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit
of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a
cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the
fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation
hereby incurred.
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Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney