STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: August 13, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Dallas Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an increase in the construction services contract with Eagle Contracting, LLC for additional work required at the Jim Miller Pump Station - Not to exceed $1,724,718.55, from $36,345,225.92 to $38,069,944.47 - Financing: Water Capital Improvement F Fund ($924,718.55) and Water Capital Improvement G Fund ($800,000.00)
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BACKGROUND
The Jim Miller Pump Station, located at 5200 North Jim Miller Road in Dallas, Texas, is one of the largest and most critical pumping facilities in the Dallas Water Utilities Department potable water distribution system. The 20-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 the 1950s, with the reservoir added in 1978, and a major expansion of the pump station was constructed in 1985. Much of the equipment in the station dates to the original construction and is inefficient and expensive to operate and maintain.
The Jim Miller Pump Station Improvements project includes construction of a new electrical building housing all new electrical gear. It also includes replacement of all major pumps, motors, valves, piping, instrumentation, controls equipment, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. A surge tank and screening wall will be added to protect against pressure surges, and the old electrical building will be refurbished into a new control room. Additionally, concrete repairs will be performed inside the reservoir.
On June 22, 2022, the City Council authorized a construction services contract with Eagle Contracting, LLC for improvements to the Jim Miller Pump Station and Reservoir. The improvements when comp...
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