HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 880330WHEREAS, the City Council of The City of Georgetown, Texas, finds
that it is desirable and necessary to extend water and wastewater
services, from the south edge of the City along the ea8tside of
Interstate Highway 35 South; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has budgeted funds in the F.Y. '88-'89
budget for said project; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to initiate
construction of these improvements in a timely fashion; and
WHEREAS, the Council has targeted completion of this project for
no later than the second quarter of 1989; and
WHEREAS, the City has entered into an agreements with Engineering
firms to provide engineering services on an as needed basis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is desirable to prepare
enginnering plans and bid specifications and to obtain
engineering review and administrative services, for the
construction of waster and wastewater improvements along South
I.H. 35; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need to obtain utility
easements for constructing, operating and maintaining these
utility improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to afford those
property owners in the area to be served by these utility
improvements the opportunity to participate in funding this
project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the firm of Southwest
Consulting Services is best equipped to assist the City in
securing easements and property owner participation for this
project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS THAT:
That all of the facts recited in the preamble to this resolution
are hereby found by the Council to be true and correct, and are
incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part
hereof, as if copied verbatim;
Section Two.
The City Manager is hereby directed to negotiate a contract with
Southwest Consulting Services (consultant) for securing any and
all necessary easements for constructing, operating and
maintaining the improvements required by the South I.H. 35
Utility improvement Project and obtaining the participation of
area property owners in financially supporting said improvements
in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in the
Proposal contained in Exhibit A which is attached hereto,
incorporated herein and made a part of this resolution for all
purposes4
Once a contract has been negotiated with the CONSULTANT the Mayor
is hereby authorized to execute said contract subject to the
legal review and approval of the City Attorney and conditioned on
the inclusion of a provision in the contract that the charges
agreed to between the CITY and the CONSULTANT shall tot exceed a
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) unless specifically
authorized by a subsequent action of the City Council. However,
it is recognized and acknowledged that to achieve completion of
all required work set out in Exhibit A may and in fact will
likely require subsequent authorization by the City Council to
approve funding in excess of the Ten Thousand Dollar ($10,000)
limit herein extablished. Furthermore, it is understood that the
work tasks listed in Exhibit A and identified as optional
services shall be authoized separately and are outside the work
contracted for in this agreement.
ADOPTED this 27th day of September, 1988.
T'im Kennedy, May
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E-eTa—Willoughby Diane Cal7lander
City Secretary U City Attorney