STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: May 14, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Dallas Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 3 to the professional services contract with CDM Smith, Inc., to provide additional construction phase engineering services for the rehabilitation of the Jim Miller Pump Station - Not to exceed $284,934.00, from $6,828,134.00 to $7,113,068.00 - Financing: Water Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Jim Miller Pump Station located at 5200 Jim Miller Road in Dallas, Texas is one of the largest and most critical pumping facilities in the Dallas Water Utilities potable water distribution system. The twenty-million-gallon reservoir receives and stores water from the East Side Water Treatment Plant and supplies water to central, east, and north Dallas, as well as Pleasant Grove. The pump station was constructed in 1950, the reservoir was added in 1978, and a major expansion of the pump station was constructed in 1985. Much of the equipment in the station dates back to the original construction and is inefficient and expensive to operate and maintain.
On February 14, 2018, the City Council authorized a professional services contract with CDM Smith, Inc. for a comprehensive evaluation of the pump station and reservoir structures, pumps, motors, valves, pipes, electrical gear, instrumentation, and HVAC equipment. The engineering firm made recommendations to bring the station up to current building codes and pump station design standards, with a focus on mitigating surge, increasing efficiency, and extending the service life of the station. These recommendations were compiled into a preliminary design report, with final design and construction phase services to occur under a future supplemental agreement.
On September 23, 2020, the City Council authorized Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the prof...
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