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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Case #5: Award Contract for Wellhouse No. 3 (Improvement Project #00-29) City Engineer Olson stated that Wellhouse No. 3 is proposed to be constructed 1,000 feet due south of Well No. 4 in the City's western well field located in Plans and specifications have been prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc. and bids day, July 21, 2000. Bids were received fi.om five contractors and ranged fi.om Infinity Builders Corporation out of Maple Plain, MN provided the necessary experience to successfully complete the welLhouse proj¢~ ....... &~ in the 20ff1~%!!~, Capxtal Improvements Program ~s an item to install a generator !~i~ ~ous~'% retain power through periods of power outages and provide cost savings to ~'tY ot'~sey during periods of high energy demands. The generator was bid as an alte~:to the base bid and ranged from · . . $82,000 to $87,650. The b~d from Infinity Bmlders $85,000. There are some issues that arise from the installation of a gas and currently there is no natural gas provided Reliant Energy to inquire of the possibilities of providing assured that it will be provided at a cost of approximately $1 easement across the property from C.R. #116, known as the Reliant Energy would reimburse the ¢i_ty with each Mr. Olson explained that there is a b~n~fi'~ 'tO::~stalling the generator the wellhouse. With the constru~l~i;!6f ~'¢'~:~'l~'Ouse there is also a Data Acquisition (SCADA) sY~s?m ~i:~will be information to parts that are integral ~to??the o1: encountered, the SCADA system tells ~:&,. operation and water to the residents Contract ensures thaf;~lt :facets of the by natural have contacted rote and have been that there will be an noted that on the site. construction of Controls and system that transfers If a power outage is ,y ensuring continuous the generator under the same prior to release of final payment. The addition of the,g'~h~}a~0~r tiC'es, not alter the . · ,'idder and since the substation completion of the weilhouse is :MarCh I, 200i"}i~e money will n~e s~fent until that time. CouncHm~b.er Co.oily m~mr~d ~ to ~ho.~Id mammm th~ g~n~rator. ~, . .: . ~. ~. :'.'~ .. ~. ,~ ~?i::~.' D~rector of PublSc :~or~s Kapler rephe~4hat they would probably have to con~act out ~e maintenance on tBe'.g%erator. Co~nci~m~b~ ~a~r;%~ hq~ i~ ~ g~r~tor wo~d be ~Ue to p~mp o~t ~o~gh w~er ~ Director of PuhH:c Works Kapler replied that it would meet emergency needs. Co~i~memb~:'Co~ony i~q~i~d if ~e ~ai~t~ a~em~nt was ~c~&d ~ *~ ~o~t. Ci~ Eng~e~ Olson replied no. Court,member Hendfiksen questioned if it was logic~ to have the generator co~ected to n'~l gas since o~en times in a natural disaster natural gas is impacted as well as elec~ciW. CiW Council/August 8, 2000 Page 9 of 14 -87-