STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: December 13, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 3, 5, 6, 12
DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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Authorize (1) a construction services contract for dredging at five locations to restore stormwater storage capacity and basin functionality within the City of Dallas (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) - Merrell, Bros., Inc. - lowest responsible bidder of three; (2) a transfer of funds in an amount not to exceed $5,995,975.70 from the Storm Drainage Management Operations Fund to the Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund; (23) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $5,995,975.70 in the Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund; and (34) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $5,995,975.70 in the Storm Drainage Management Operations Fund a construction services contract for dredging at five locations to restore stormwater storage capacity and basin functionality within the City of Dallas (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) - Merrell Bros., Inc., lowest responsible bidder of three - Not to exceed $5,995,975.70 - Financing: Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
In 2013, the City of Dallas completed a Comprehensive Dredge Management Plan to quantify dredging needs across the City. The plan identified ponds and lakes actively managed or included as floodway areas managed by the City or through agreements with homeowners' associations. The plan determined that 100 sites including lakes, sumps, and retention/detention basins require maintenance dredging and these sites were subsequently classified as high, medium, and low priority based on associated flood risks.
On September 9, 2020, the City Council authorized a professional services contract with Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers,...
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