There was unanimous consent to send the memo to the Council with the Commission’s recommendation to adopt the Water System Plan. Review Proposed Changes & Additions to Utility CIP Presenter: Pam Maloney, P.E., Water Resources Planning Manager; Paul Bucich, Assistant Director Engineering; Regan Sidie, Design Services – Manager - Utilities Ms. Maloney reviewed the proposed ESC CIP calendar. She then reviewed the items on the summary of proposed changes to the adopted CIP programs and proposed new capital investments. W-16 Small Diameter Water Main Replacement The proposed budget is 2.8% higher because of increased costs to replace pipes, but the scope of the project is the same. Commissioner Strom asked if additional escalation is included for later years. Ms. Maloney replied that 2% escalation is assumed for later years in addition to this one-time increase. As more information is received about forecast inflation indices, future escalation may be adjusted. W-85 Structural/Seismic Reservoir Rehabilitation The goal is to design and construct one reservoir project per year through the CIP window in to maintain the necessary levels of service. Based on work, staff found that the Horizon View #1 reservoir and the Pikes Peak reservoir needed to be rescheduled so that the reservoir rehabilitation could be coordinated with the pump station upgrades. Staff also found that Horizon View #1 would cost $100,000 more than was thought. In order to accommodate these changes the budget would need to be increased in this CIP window by $573,000. W-91 Pump Station Rehabilitation or Replacement This project has a proposed cost increase of $2.5 million. The pre-design work done last year for the Cougar Mountain #3 reservoir identified a substantial body of work that had not been included in the original estimate. Sidie explained that the original estimate and recommendation was based on a report that was done in 2007 where all the pump stations were assessed and prioritized. The original recommendation was a modest upgrade to the pump station at $600,000. The subsequent pre-design study took a closer look and found out the original pumps had been used at a prior station and were older than originally thought. Some issues with the controls for the fire pump were also discovered.
There was unanimous consent to send the memo to the Council with the Commission’s recommendation to adopt the Water System Plan. Review Proposed Changes & Additions to Utility CIP Presenter: Pam Maloney, P.E., Water Resources Planning Manager; Paul Bucich, Assistant Director – Engineering; Regan Sidie, Design Services Manager - Utilities Ms. Maloney reviewed the proposed ESC CIP calendar. She then reviewed the items on the summary of proposed changes to the adopted CIP programs and proposed new capital investments. W-16 Small Diameter Water Main Replacement The proposed budget is 2.8% higher because of increased costs to replace pipes, but the scope of the project is the same. Commissioner Strom asked if additional escalation is included for later years. Ms. Maloney replied that 2% escalation is assumed for later years in addition to this one-time increase. As more information is received about forecast inflation indices, future escalation may be adjusted. W-85 Structural/Seismic Reservoir Rehabilitation The goal is to design and construct one reservoir project per year through the CIP window in to maintain the necessary levels of service. Based on work, staff found that the Horizon View #1 reservoir and the Pikes Peak reservoir needed to be rescheduled so that the reservoir rehabilitation could be coordinated with the pump station upgrades. Staff also found that Horizon View #1 would cost $100,000 more than was thought. In order to accommodate these changes the budget would need to be increased in this CIP window by $573,000. W-91 Pump Station Rehabilitation or Replacement This project has a proposed cost increase of $2.5 million. The pre-design work done last year for the Cougar Mountain #3 reservoir identified a substantial body of work that had not been included in the original estimate. Sidie explained that the original estimate and recommendation was based on a report that was done in 2007 where all the pump stations were assessed and prioritized. The original recommendation was a modest upgrade to the pump station at $600,000. The subsequent pre-design study took a closer look and found out the original pumps had been used at a prior station and were older than originally thought. Some issues with the controls for the fire pump were also discovered.