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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2011-005CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 0,,01: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF THE COLONY AND CAROLLO ENGINEERS, INC. FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE STEWART CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL STUDY, WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City and Consultant have entered into a Contract such that the Consultant is to provide the following services: ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE STEWART CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL STUDY; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to enter into the Contract with Carollo Engineers, Inc., which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A," under the terms and conditions provided therein; and WHEREAS, with this Contract the City of The Colony is agreeing to pay the sum not to exceed $72,380 for such work. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The Professional Services Contract, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A", having been reviewed by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, and found to be acceptable and in the best interest of the City and its citizens, be, and the same is hereby, in all things approved for a total amount not to exceed $72,380. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the Contract on behalf of the City of The Colony, Texas. Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its adoption and it is so resolved. PASSED, APPROVED and EFFECTIVE this 18th day of January, 2011. ATTEST: C _ ~i ' ~G c Joe McCourry, Mayor City of The Colony, Tex Christie Wilson, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,Jeff Moore City Attorney rt AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES This AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of J 20 ~ by and between THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS , (hereinafter "OWNER"), and Carollo Engineers, Inc., (hereinafter "ENGINEER"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the OWNER and the ENGINEER wish to enter into an Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") for the furnishing of Engineering Services in connection with THE CITY OF THE COLONY STEWART CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL STUDY (Owner and Project Description) (hereinafter "Project"), and WHEREAS, ENGINEER is qualified and prepared to perform the necessary professional services in connection with the Project. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants of the parties hereto, it is agreed as follows: SECTION 1 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1.1 ENGINEER shall provide professional engineering services in all phases of the Project to which this Agreement applies. The services furnished by the ENGINEER will be defined by Task Orders which will set forth the Engineer's Services, Time of Performance, and Payment. 1.2 It is intended that each Task Order, after execution by both parties shall become a supplement to and a part of this Agreement. SECTION 2 - PAYMENT TO ENGINEER 2.1 As consideration for providing the services referred to in Section 1, the OWNER shall pay ENGINEER on the basis to be established in the Task Order for Services. 2.2 The ENGINEER is not responsible for damage or delay in performance caused by events beyond the control of ENGINEER. In the event ENGINEER's services are suspended, delayed or interrupted for the convenience of the OWNER or delays occur beyond the control of ENGINEER, an equitable adjustment in ENGINEER's time of performance and cost of ENGINEER's personnel and subcontractors shall be made. 2.3 OWNER reserves the right to direct revision of ENGINEER's services as may be necessary. When ENGINEER is directed to make revisions under this section of the agreement, ENGINEER shall advise OWNER of the probable costs involved in completing engineering services and the time of performance for such completion. Extra services also include those that are required for defense of claims, in which event CADocuments and Settings\Swillison\Desktop\temp\Colony\Agr 121510.doc Page 1 of 5 ENGINEER shall bill OWNER on an hourly basis together with cost of material. 2.4 In the event OWNER and ENGINEER cannot agree on equitable compensation for services rendered in making revisions, then, at OWNER's option, ENGINEER shall either continue performance under the revised Agreement and an equitable adjustment in ENGINEER's time of performance and cost of ENGINEER's personnel shall be made at completion of the revised work or ENGINEER shall not be obligated to continue performance under this Agreement. 2.5 If ENGINEER's work products require revisions prior to construction bidding due to ENGINEER's errors or omissions, the exclusive remedy will be limited to revisions made by ENGINEER without compensation. 2.6 The ENGINEER shall bill the OWNER monthly indicating the services performed and the cost of such services. OWNER agrees to pay invoices within 45 days of their date. Payments not received by ENGINEER within 45 days shall be considered delinquent and subject to a finance charge of 1 percent per month for each month unpaid after the date of invoice. ENGINEER may suspend services should an invoice remain delinquent for 75 days from date of invoice. 2.7 All notices shall be made in writing and may be given by personal delivery or by mail. Notices sent by mail shall be addressed to the designated responsible person or office: TO OWNER: Tod Maurina, The Colony #1 Harris Plaza The Colony, Texas 75056 TO ENGINEER: Scott Hoff, Carollo Engineers, Inc. 14785 Preston Road, Ste 950 Dallas, Texas 75254 and when so addressed, shall be deemed given upon deposit in the United States Mail, postage prepaid. In all other instances, notices and invoices shall be deemed given at the time of actual delivery. All payments are to be mailed to: Carollo Engineers, Inc. P.O. Box 53511 Phoenix, AZ 85072-3511 unless otherwise informed on the face of the invoice. SECTION 3 - MISCELLANEOUS 3.1 The OWNER shall furnish the ENGINEER available studies, reports and other data pertinent to ENGINEER's services; obtain or authorize ENGINEER to obtain or provide additional reports and data as required; furnish to ENGINEER services of others required for the performance of ENGINEER's services hereunder, and ENGINEER shall be entitled to use and rely upon all such information and services provided by OWNER or others in performing ENGINEER's services under this Agreement. CADocuments and Settings\SWillison\Desktop\temp\Colony\Agr 121510.doc Page 2 of 5 3.2 The OWNER shall arrange for access to and make all provisions for ENGINEER to enter upon public and private property as required for ENGINEER to perform services hereunder. 3.3 Documents, including drawings and specifications, prepared by ENGINEER pursuant to this Agreement are not intended or represented to be suitable for reuse by OWNER or others for this Project or on any other project. Any reuse of completed documents or use of partially completed documents without written verification or concurrence by ENGINEER for the specific purpose intended will be at OWNER's sole risk and without liability or legal exposure to ENGINEER; and OWNER shall indemnify and hold harmless ENGINEER from all claims, damages, losses and expenses, including attorney's fees arising out of or resulting therefrom. 3.4 The ENGINEER maintains, at its own expense, Worker's Compensation and Employers Liability, Comprehensive General Liability, Automobile Liability and Professional Liability policies with limits at or above that which is reasonably required of other engineering firms and will, upon request, furnish insurance certificates to OWNER. SECTION 4 - LEGAL RELATIONS 4.1 The ENGINEER shall be responsible for professional negligence, which is failure to exercise skill and ability as ordinarily required of engineers under the same or similar circumstances. The ENGINEER shall not be responsible for warranties, guarantees, fitness for a particular purpose or breach of fiduciary duty and shall only indemnify for failure to perform in accordance with the generally accepted engineering and consulting standards. 4.2 OWNER and ENGINEER shall each defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other and their respective principals, directors, officers and employees from and against claims, loss, liability, suits and damages, including attorney's fees, caused in whole or in part by either party's negligent acts, errors or omissions, willful misconduct or OWNER's lawful responsibility respectively or, anyone directly or indirectly employed by either of them or anyone for whose acts they may be liable regardless of whether or not such claim, loss, liability or damage is caused in part by a party indemnified hereunder. In the event that both OWNER's and ENGINEER's wrongful act or lawful responsibility is the proximate cause of any liability or damages, then in such event, each party shall be liable for a portion of the damages and claim costs resulting therefrom equal to such party's comparative share of the total negligence or lawful responsibility for such damages and claim costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party's defense obligation hereunder shall be limited to reimbursement of the other party's reasonable defense costs which are judicially determined to have been incurred as a result of the first party's negligence. 4.3 Hazardous materials or asbestos may exist at a site where there is no reason to believe they could or should be present. The ENGINEER and OWNER agree that the discovery of unanticipated hazardous materials or asbestos constitutes a changed condition mandating a renegotiation of ENGINEER's services. CADocuments and Settings\SWillison\Desktop\temp\Colony\Agr 121510.doc Page 3 of 5 4.4 The ENGINEER has no control over the cost of labor, materials, equipment or services furnished by others, or over Contractor's methods of determining prices, or other competitive bidding or market conditions, practices or bidding strategies. Cost estimates are based on ENGINEER's opinion based on experience and judgment. ENGINEER cannot and does not guarantee that proposals, bids or actual Project construction costs will not vary from cost estimates prepared by ENGINEER. 4.5 If the project involves construction of any kind, the parties agree that OWNER and ENGINEER shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law for all claims, damages, losses and expense including attorney's fees arising out of or resulting from Contractor's performance of work including injury to any worker on the job site except for the sole negligence of OWNER or ENGINEER. Both OWNER and ENGINEER shall be named as additional primary insured(s) by Contractor's General Liability and Builders All Risk insurance policies without offset and all Construction Documents and insurance certificates shall include wording acceptable to the parties herein with reference to such provisions. 4.6 ENGINEER shall not be responsible for the means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures of construction selected by contractors or the safety precautions and programs incident to the work of contractors and will not be responsible for Contractor's failure to carry out work in accordance with the Contract Documents. 4.7 The services to be performed by ENGINEER are intended solely for the benefit of the OWNER. No person or entity not a signatory to this Agreement shall be entitled to rely on the ENGINEER's performance of its services hereunder, and no right to assert a claim against the ENGINEER by assignment of indemnity rights or otherwise shall accrue to a third party as a result of this Agreement or the performance of the ENGINEER's services hereunder. 4.8 The ENGINEER's instruments of service hereunder are the printed hard copy drawings and specifications issued for the Project, whereas electronic media, including CADD files, are tools for their preparation. As a convenience to the OWNER, the ENGINEER shall furnish to the OWNER both printed hard copies and electronic media. In the event of a conflict in their content, the printed hard copies shall take precedence over the electronic media. Because data stored in electronic media form can be altered, inadvertently, it is agreed that the OWNER shall hold ENGINEER harmless from liability arising out of changes or modifications to ENGINEER's data in electronic media form in the OWNER's possession or released to others by the OWNER. SECTION 5 - TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT 5.1 If this Agreement is terminated with or without cause, in either event, OWNER shall provide: a. not less than five (5) working days' written notice of intent to terminate, and b. an opportunity for good faith consultation prior to termination. CADocuments and Settings\SWillison\Desktop\temp\Colony\Agr 121510.doc Page 4 of 5 SECTION 6 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION 6.1 Disputes arising during the course of this Agreement shall be promptly addressed at completion of construction when professional services, together with construction evaluation can be reasonably and fully assessed. The parties shall use best efforts to reach final resolution of disputes through meetings and negotiations required to resolve the dispute before any other forms of dispute resolution. SECTION 7 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT 7.1 This Agreement, including attachments incorporated herein by reference, represents the entire Agreement and understanding between the parties and any negotiations, proposals or oral agreements are intended to be integrated herein and to be superseded by this written Agreement. Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement to be effective shall be in writing and signed by the OWNER and ENGINEER. SECTION 8 - GOVERNING LAW 8.1 This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, duly authorized representatives of the parties have signed in confirmation of this Agreement, with effective date the day and year first above written. CAROLLO ENGINEERS, INC. OWNER FY _ By: By: 1l l c.t Fly s 7 I W 1 <_3~ ~ 1~ 1L ~Ct ~'1Gi~J f~! PE#~ O S t"r ~~Yit l By: Partner PEP, CADocuments and Settings\SWllison\Desktop\temp\Colony\Agr 121510.doc Page 5 of 5 SCOPE OF SERVICES TASK ORDER NO. 1 CITY OF THE COLONY PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM BACKGROUND The purpose of this Task Order No. 1 is to identify the Scope of Work, Fee, and Time of Performance to complete a Phosphorus Removal Technical Memorandum. SCOPE OF WORK TASK 1.0 DATA COLLECTION AND REVIEW 1.1 Collect and Review Historical Plant Data Professional shall coordinate with City staff to obtain historical plant data. Data will include influent flows, influent/effluent wastewater quality, daily wastewater sample data, biosolids handling facilities data, chemical usage, and electrical power usage. 1.2 Review Existing Reports and Studies Professional shall review and incorporate findings from existing plant studies. TASK 2.0 PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL STRATEGIES 2.1 Identify Existing and Projected Regulations Professional will review current federal, state, and local legislative and regulatory requirements. Review current regional/national trends and drivers leading to potential regulatory changes. 2.2 Establish Flow Projections Professional will review current flow projections with City and determine if adjustments to flow projections are necessary. 2.3 Prepare Mass Balance and Sidestream Model Professional will complete a mass balance and side stream model for the Stewart Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The results of the mass balance will be a summary of the existing and future WWTP solids streams. 2.4 Prepare Process Model Professional will complete a process model for the WWTP to evaluate future process requirements including phosphorus removal and associated effects on the biosolids. The model will incorporate City collected data and flow projections from Task 2.2. Page 1 of 4 2.5 Phosphorus Removal Alternatives Analysis Professional will evaluate phosphorus removal alternatives. Professional will develop a plant modification strategy to optimize phosphorus removal utilizing process model developed above. TASK 3.0 DELIVERABLES Professional will prepare The TM will be discussed with the City in a workshop. ■ Draft Report - six (6) hard copies and electronic file. ■ Final Report - six (6) hard copies and electronic file. TASK 4.0 DELIVERABLES Professional will prepare a Phosphorus Removal Technical Memorandum (TM) to summarize and document the results of Task 1 and Task 2. The TM will be discussed with the City in a workshop. ■ Draft Report - six (6) hard copies and electronic file. ■ Final Report - six (6) hard copies and electronic file. This TM will present: ■ Summary of existing data ■ Summary of mass balance ■ Current and projected regulatory requirements ■ Flow projections ■ Phosphorus removal alternatives analysis including probable cost ■ Recommendation of phosphorus removal alternative ■ Implementation plan TASK 5.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT, QUALITY MANAGEMENT, AND MEETINGS 5.1 Project Management Professional will manage professional services to complete the project. These services will include preparation of invoices, progress reports, and directing staff and internal resources in a manner so that project milestones and deliverables are met as scheduled. 5.2 Quality Management Professional will provide quality management services for the project. The professional's quality management team will ensure that the project deliverables adhere to schedule and quality expectations. 5.3 Project Meetings and Workshops Professional will conduct project meetings and workshops to obtain key decisions and input from the City. Professional will be responsible for developing meeting agendas, meeting Page 2 of 4 materials, and draft meeting minutes within one week after the meeting date. Meeting minutes will include a list of action items and a decision log. The project will consist of two meetings and workshops as follows: Project Kickoff Meeting Workshop - Phosphorus Removal 5.4 Project Progress Monitoring and Status Reports Professional will monitor project progress. Professional will prepare project invoices, together with a progress report and will submit these on a monthly basis to the City. FEE City and Professional have established a not-to-exceed budget of $72,380 to complete all services under this Task Order. This amount will not be exceeded without a contract amendment. City will pay the Professional a lump sum amount of $72,380 for services identified in Task Order No. 1. Attachment 1 shows the estimated fee amount for each task. These amounts do not reflect an actual ceiling per task. Fee may be reallocated between tasks at Professional's sole discretion as long as the total lump sum budget is not exceeded Professional agrees to complete these services for this amount, unless the fee is amended as a result of a change to the Scope of Work or Time of Performance. The fee assumes that all work will be completed within 150 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Should the project be delayed beyond this time for any reason, the Professional reserves the right to renegotiate the agreement to cover actual cost. TIME OF PERFORMANCE Professional shall commence work immediately following notice to proceed. Professional has reviewed the project with City and agrees that the following schedule is a reasonable time frame within which to accomplish the work. Days After Notice to Proceed Submit Draft Report 60 days Submit Final Report 30 days after receipt of City comments Professional/City mutually agree that they will work toward meeting the schedule. Should the Scope of Work be changed and/or should problems arise during the course of the work effort that could affect the above schedule, it is understood that both City and Professional will develop a revised schedule and budget limit, if required, to address scope changes, delays by City or other problems. Page 3 of 4 CAROLLO ENGINEERS, Inc. By: By: Partner- U c c`~ r cs CITY OF THE COLONY ) 0i Accepted this day of 24 By: Officer 0 6', Page 4 of 4