15 - Material Bids for Water Line Looping Projects

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Item No. 15 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager Robert Vine, Deputy City Manager Doug Harris, Assistant City Manager FROM: Michael Smith, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Material Bids for Water Line Looping Projects DATE: February 26, 2024 BACKGROUND: Looping water lines is a means to accomplish the elimination of dead-end mains. This is a priority in water distribution systems, for the primary purpose of enhancing water quality, as deterioration of quality due to stagnation in looped systems is less likely to occur. In addition, looping water lines benefits fire protection through improved flow and minimizes water loss by reduction of dead-end main flushing schedules. As part of the FY22/23 Budget, the City Council authorized a large looping project in west Paris at and near our Gene Stallings Business Park to loop existing residential and industrial clients who were on single lines as well as making our Gene Stallings Business Park site ready for economic development expansion. This project has commonly been known as the Water Line Extension and Redundancy Project in previous reports by the City Manager and was paid for by ARPA funds. Most of that work has been completed, by our City CIP crew, however a portion of this was postponed and materials transitioned to assist the PEDC and Lionshead with the pursuit of the EDC Grant and providing a loop in the Northwest Industrial Park, servicing the Lionshead project (currently under construction). Therefore, there is a need to continue our original project in the Gene Stallings Business Park. Having started the Water Line Extension and Redundancy Project, this gave city staff an opportunity to examine other parts of our water system, looking for opportunities to extend and/or improve our service. Staff identified three (3) water line looping projects for consideration and presented these to City Council on December 11, 2023.