SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve change order 1 from Steve’s Excavating and Paving, of Clearwater, FL, for the Druid Road Stormwater Improvements Project (11-0044-EN) in the amount of $545,071.33 and a contract time extension of 300 days; approve an amendment to Cooperative Funding Agreement (N270) with Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), extending the expiration date to March 30, 2019; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
On December 3, 2015, City Council awarded a construction contract to Steve’s Excavating and Paving in the amount of $2,825,423.59 for the Druid Road Stormwater Improvement Project (11-0044-EN).
Change order 1 provides for the implementation of design changes for the Hercules Avenue section of the project due to unanticipated land ownership discrepancies and utility conflicts for a new contract total of $3,370,494.92. Change order 1 also extends the original contract from 365 to 615 days for completion of additional work by August 8, 2018.
On December 3, 2015, City Council approved the initial SWFWMD agreement with reimbursement in an amount not to exceed $88,000.
The amendment will allow the agreement between the City and SWFWMD to extend the contract expiration date to March 30, 2019.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0315-96164-563700-539-000-0000 $545,071.33
Funding in the amount of $48,014.92 is available in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 0315-96164, Allen Creek Improvements Projects.
A first quarter budget amendment will transfer $497,056.41 from CIP 0315-96168, Stormwater System Expansion, to 0315-96164, Allen Creek Improvement Projects.