STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: August 14, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 10
DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a construction services contract for the construction of the Dallas Water Utilities Service Center located at 12000 Greenville Avenue - Talley-Riggins Construction Group, LLC, lowest responsible bidder of two - Not to exceed $23,505,315.40 - Financing: 2024 Certificate of Obligation Fund ($11,000,000.00), Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($752,657.70), Wastewater Capital Improvement G Fund ($7,000,000.00), and Wastewater Construction Fund ($4,752,657.70)
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BACKGROUND
This action will authorize a construction services contract for a new 26,260 square-foot two-story Leadership in Energy and Environment Design Certified and Americans with Disabilities Act Compliant Service Center for Dallas Water Utilities (DWU). The facility will support Wastewater Collection Emergency Response and Cleaning Operations as well as Neighborhood Drainage Services.
DWU's Emergency Response and Cleaning Section of the Wastewater Collection Division is responsible for maintaining the sanitary sewer system, which includes over 4,070 miles of mainlines, and for responding on a 24/7 basis to customer requests concerning sanitary sewer system issues, such as structurally damaged or clogged sanitary sewer lateral and mainline pipes, sanitary sewer overflows, and other sanitary sewer related concerns. This section is also responsible for complying with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) requirements concerning Sanitary Sewer Overflows, and DWU's TCEQ permit requirements. Staff and equipment are currently housed in a leased property, located at 8239 Hoyle Avenue. The current building was built around 1959, and is not Americans with Disabilities Act compliant, does not have showers for emergency workers, has...
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