20-DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREET, UTILITY AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS FOR 2013

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Item No. 20 nze�no�andum TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager SUBJECT: 2013 CAPITAL PROJECTS DATE: January 18, 2013 BACKGROLJND: We have been working since November with staff and KSA to develop a list of projects to be completed this winter and spring, what we have been calling "Year 0", since it will precede the 10-year CIP now being developed. We specifically looked at projects that were of a high need, that were scattered about the city, and were of various types. In addition, in evaluating utility projects, we identified those that could be done in-house with a new construction crew we assembled. STATUS OF ISSUE: We agreed to a recommended list on January 17, and also completed cost estimates on a1121 projects. The attached list includes five water and one sewer projects, all of which will be done in-house. The sewer work, on Oak between 8t" and 9th SE, also includes some drainage work where two residential properties suffer periodic flooding. We have included all of the sidewalks on Bonham and in front of the YWCA building that were part of our grant application last fall, plus added a small segment on Grand in front of the Salvation Army, and one block of 7`h between Bonham and Grand. We also included eight road resurfacing projects and three reconstructions projects — 24`h SE, 6�h SE, and Collegiate. Work on Collegiate will include paving a parking lot for the Trail de Paris, and work on Graham will include several blocks of replacement sidewalk. There are many other street projects we could have done, but there are few in town that do not have water and/or sewer lines underneath them that need to be replaced first. Finally, we have included reconstructing a parking lot on Collegiate. Water and wastewater projects can begin immediately. We plan to bid concrete work almost as quickly and get work started in March. Asphalt work typically should not begin until April due to temperature concerns, so those projects will be at the end. Altogether there will likely be five different construction contracts awarded. Engineering will be provided by three different engineers (two recommended contracts are elsewhere on this agenda).