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I JUN 2 4 2002 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: June 18.2002 CITY OF ORONO ITEM NO: / C Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator's Report Item Description: Long Lake Fire Station Change Order No. 1 and Sewer Fund Budget ____;___________Adjustment _______________________________________________ The Highway 12 upgrade project includes a major project to relocate sewer and water lines setting Orono and Long Lake. This includes providing sev.er and water scr\ ice to the new fire station. The depth and capacity of the sewer line is being increased to ser\e future sewer needs in Orono west of Willow Drive. The additional cost of the added depth and capacity is estimated at S70.000. Orono has agreed to pay the additional cost from the sewer fund, which will be reimbursed through future connection charges. The sewer and water project is to be undertaken in 2002, but has been delayed. This delay can cause a problem in construction coordination with ihe fire station in two ways. First, the sewer and water lines serving the fire station are to be located under the new roadway that w ill ser\ e the fire station. If the installation of the water and sew er lines is delayed until fall, it would disrupt the grading and paving on the fire station site. Secondly, because water and sewer ser\ ice is required for the operation of the building, a substantial delay in the completion of the water and sewer proiect could delay the occupancy of the fire station. Change Order The proposed solution to the problem of grading and paving on the fire station site is to break out the portion of the sewer and water project that is under the roadway serving the fire station and add it to the fire station project as part of the work of the site utility subcontractor. Because the cost of this work is estimated to be approximately S70,000, which is the same amount as Orono has agreed to pay for the broader Highway 12 utility project, this portion of the project can proceed based on Orono paying 570,000 of the cost. This w ill then ser\’e as Orono’s contribution to the broader utility project. A proposal request reflecting the fire station water and sewer work has been prepared and the site utility contractor has provided a cost. The cost is $82,220. We have reviewed the change order prices and they are reasonable, and correspond with the initial cost estimate for the amount of work that could be completed for $70,000. The cost for this change order is greater than $70,000 to allc w for completion of a project with practical starting and ending points. The project needs to start and end at manholes to allow for the necessary television inspection and testing of the new sewer line. The maiuhole locations in the original project design do not correspond exactly to the amount of work ritfi ...................